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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 59020

A test performed during pregnancy that monitors the baby's heart rate in response to uterine contractions, either occurring naturally or briefly brought on with a medication or nipple stimulation. It helps assess whether the placenta is delivering enough oxygen to the baby during the stress of contractions. The mother is connected to a fetal monitor and observed for a period of time while heart rate patterns are recorded.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fetal Contraction Stress Test cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 4 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$79.43$63.10 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$275 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,122Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $62 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $79

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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$97.72

CA $2,692KY $66.07

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.