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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Montana 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $123 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$95.50$72.44 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$120 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $110 to $562Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $398
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $123professional $95

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$117

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.