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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Minnesota 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$162$120 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$195 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $132 to $912Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $81 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $162

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$174

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.