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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

West 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 July 2026.

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

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $631 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$47.86 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$97.72 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $52 to $741Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $40 to $76
$50$100$200$500facility $631professional $51

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$426.58
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Iowa than in Tennessee. 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$60.26

IA $151TN $51.29

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.