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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 59025

This is a prenatal test that monitors the baby's heart rate over a period of time to see how it responds to the baby's own movements, without using medication to cause contractions. A reassuring pattern of heart rate changes suggests the baby is getting enough oxygen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test cost?

$48.98

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $81.28.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $45 to $100
$50$100$200professional $49

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Oklahoma. 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$48.98

WI $151OK $46.77

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.