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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Nebraska 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$129$67.61 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$95.50 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $59 to $1,820Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $63 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $129

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
$79.43
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$132

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.