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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Maryland 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$186$166 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$724 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $174 to $724Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $158 to $501
$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $186

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$186

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.