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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Virginia rates for HCPCS 82731

This test analyzes a swab sample taken from the vagina and cervix during pregnancy to check for a protein that is normally not present at this stage unless labor is beginning. It is used in women who are having symptoms of early contractions to help estimate the short-term risk of premature delivery. A negative result is reassuring that labor is unlikely within the next couple of weeks.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk cost?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$31.62 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$64.57 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $60 to $288Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $32 to $89
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $93professional $45

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$51.29

AK $178KY $46.77

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.