NIPT prenatal DNA test cost in Cincinnati, OH
In Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN, 10 hospitals list a cash price for prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT): from $601.75 to $3,165.00, with a median of $1,592.40. The lowest listed price is at Fort Hamilton Hospital — $990.65 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $1,456.00 at 81 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,592.40, is 53% above the US median of $1,043.03.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($759.05).
- Cincinnati, OH has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Ohio with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 81420, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hamilton Hospital lowest Hamilton, OH · (513) 867-2123 Hc Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidy Genomic Sequence Analysis, Maternit21, Lc File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $601.75 | $1,504.38 | — | 60% |
| West Chester Hospital West Chester, OH · (513) 298-7701 Hc Sequenom Maternit21 Plus File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $806.40 | $1,344.00 | — | 40% |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, OH · (513) 584-1000 Hc Sequenom Maternit21 Plus File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $806.40 | $1,344.00 | — | 40% |
| West Chester Hospital West Chester, OH · (513) 298-7701 Hc Labcorp Maternit Genome81420+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $923.40 | $1,539.00 | — | 40% |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, OH · (513) 584-1000 Hc Labcorp Maternit21 Plus81420+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $923.40 | $1,539.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH · (513) 870-7000 HC So Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,592.40 | $2,654.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Anderson Hospital Cincinnati, OH · (513) 624-4500 HC So Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,592.40 | $2,654.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Clermont Hospital Batavia, OH · (513) 732-8278 HC So Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,592.40 | $2,654.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH · (513) 637-9999 HC So Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,592.40 | $2,654.00 | — | 40% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health Cincinnati, OH · (513) 686-3000 HC So Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,592.40 | $2,654.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health West Hospital Cincinnati, OH · (513) 215-5000 HC So Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,592.40 | $2,654.00 | — | 40% |
| Atrium Medical Center Middletown, OH · (513) 420-5102 HC FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,165.00 | $3,165.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $601.75, median $1,592.40, highest $3,165.00 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $1,592.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What NIPT prenatal DNA test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: NIPT prenatal DNA test explained.