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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Illinois 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 6 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$67.61 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$129 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $71 to $832Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $56 to $145
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $209professional $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
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$85.11

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.