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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Georgia 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$214 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$191 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,548Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $158 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $251

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
$162.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
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
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$257

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.