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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Massachusetts 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$251$195 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$151 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,239Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$524.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$831.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$52.48

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$251

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.