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PAPP-A Pregnancy Blood Test

Massachusetts 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 9 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$15.14$14.45 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$21.38 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $37professional $15

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
$14.45
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$67.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$38.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$45.71
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$40.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$16.60

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.