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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Missouri 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$219$166 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,698 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,413Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $219

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 3rd of 51

$871

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.