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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Arkansas 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$77.62$63.10 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$120 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $78 to $437Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $63 to $126
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $78

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
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 34th of 51

$79.43

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.