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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Kansas 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $155 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$77.62$64.57 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$77.62 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $65 to $794Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $55 to $107
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $155professional $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
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 30th of 51

$81.28

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.