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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Massachusetts 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 7 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$87.10$74.13 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$46.77 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $26 to $2,239Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $56 to $214
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $60professional $87

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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$213.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$114.82
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$87.10

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.