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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Colorado 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 7 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$234$162 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,399 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,762Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $155 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $234

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
$660.69
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$741

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.