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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Arkansas 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$200$166 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$295 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,820Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $166 to $282
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $200

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
$234.42
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$282

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.