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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Michigan 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$64.57 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$81.28 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,445Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $56 to $112
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $191professional $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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 35th of 51

$79.43

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.