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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 October 2026.

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

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $295 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$174 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$166 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $100 to $692Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $166 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 34th of 51

$229

AK $562TX $178

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.