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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Alabama 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$219$158 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$692 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,622Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $155 to $288
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $219

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$251

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.