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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Missouri 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$75.86$64.57 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,122 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $93 to $7,079Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $58 to $129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $76

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
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 11th of 51

$120

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.