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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Illinois 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 6 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$251$182 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$631 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,623Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $155 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $251

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
$346.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$324

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.