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Doctor's Reading Of A Fetal Heart Rhythm Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0478T

A doctor reviews the processed results of a recording of an unborn baby's heart rhythm, decides what the pattern means, and issues a written report. It covers the interpretation only.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Doctor's Reading Of A Fetal Heart Rhythm Study cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 3 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$53.70$53.70 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$138 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $135 to $380Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $54 to $68
$50$100$200$500facility $174professional $54

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1949.8 times more in Kentucky than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 34th of 38

$53.70

KY $58,884SC $30.20

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.