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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 October 2026.

How much does Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $457 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$48.98 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$123 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $49 to $1,549Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $33 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $52

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$60.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Washington, DC· 35th of 51

$57.54

MN $295KY $45.71

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.