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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Arizona 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 5 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$186$158 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,230 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,623Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $145 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $186

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 24th of 51

$288

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.