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Fetal Contraction Stress Test

Oklahoma 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$57.54 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$251 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $95 to $661Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $55 to $95
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 2nd of 51

$245

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.