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PAPP-A Pregnancy Blood Test

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 84163

A blood test that measures pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, a substance made by the placenta and found in a pregnant woman's blood. It is used in early pregnancy screening, where a low level can suggest a raised chance of certain chromosome conditions or of placenta problems later in the pregnancy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does PAPP-A Pregnancy Blood Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 4 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$12.30$11.48 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$16.98 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $23Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $23
$10$20$50facility $19professional $12

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
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Arkansas· 18th of 51

$16.98

HI $27.54DC $11.22

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.