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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Alaska rates for HCPCS 59001

Removes a large amount of amniotic fluid from the womb through a thin needle guided by ultrasound through the mother's abdomen. It is done when too much fluid has built up, stretching the womb and causing discomfort, breathlessness, or a risk of early labor. Unlike a sample taken for testing, the point here is to relieve the pressure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 6 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$562$316 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$240 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $186 to $9,772Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $562

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$562

CA $3,090DE $166

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.