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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Washington 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$47.86 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$64.57 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $60 to $178Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $27 to $81
$50$100$200facility $98professional $58

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
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$72.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 34th of 51

$60.26

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.