NIPT prenatal DNA test cost in Salt Lake City, UT
In Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT): from $389.83 to $628.20, with a median of $509.02. The lowest listed price is at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics — $119.19 less than the median here. Across Utah, the median is $509.02 at 2 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81420, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 17, 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics lowest Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Fetal Aneuploidy Screening With 22q11.2 Microdeletion | $389.83 | $556.90 | $637.94–$1,851.13 | 30% | — source file |
| Mountain West Medical Center Tooele, UT · (435) 843-3700 Test for detecting genes associated with fetal disease, aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis panel | $628.20 | $1,047.00 | $680.55–$7,947.25 | 40% | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Fetal Aneuploidy Screening With Microdeletion | $1,062.67 | $1,518.10 | $637.94–$1,851.13 | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Fetal Aneuploidy Screening | $1,062.67 | $1,518.10 | $637.94–$1,851.13 | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Non-Invasive Prenatal Aneuploidy Screen by Cell-Free Dna Seq | $1,062.67 | $1,518.10 | $637.94–$1,851.13 | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $389.83, median $509.02, highest $628.20 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $389.83. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
NIPT analyzes fragments of fetal DNA that circulate in the mother's blood to screen for Down syndrome (trisomy 21) and trisomies 18 and 13. It can be done from about 10 weeks of pregnancy. It is a screening test, so a positive result needs a diagnostic test to confirm.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the DNA analysis of one blood sample. The blood draw, genetic counseling and any added screens, such as sex chromosomes or microdeletions, may be billed separately.