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Draining Excess Fluid From Around the Baby

Texas 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 11 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$200$162 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$275 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $155 to $5,248Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $138 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $200

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
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 26th of 51

$275

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.