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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Minnesota 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$398$309 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$457 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,660Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $219 to $646
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $398

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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$427

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.