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PAPP-A Pregnancy Blood Test

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$15.85$11.22 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$20.42 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $18 to $95Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $16

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
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 20th 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.