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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

New Jersey 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 5 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$72.44$63.10 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$123 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $76 to $4,898Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $58 to $135
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $72

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
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$74.13

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.