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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Arizona 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 5 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$75.86$63.10 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$110 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,950Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $56 to $145
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $76

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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$77.62

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.