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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Florida 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$155 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$275 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $148 to $3,631Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $132 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $562professional $182

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
$398.11
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
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
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.50

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 28th of 51

$245

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.