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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

Kentucky 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$41.69 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$39.81 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $25 to $832Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $66
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $50professional $46

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$60.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.33

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$45.71

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.