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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Kentucky 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$66.07$56.23 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$64.57 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $43 to $11,220Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $55 to $117
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $95professional $66

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
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$66.07

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.