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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Florida 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 8 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$63.10$57.54 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$617 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $95 to $3,981Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $37 to $132
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $63

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
$57.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$6,918.31
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$72.44

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.