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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

Maryland 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$45.71 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$26.30 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $20 to $617Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $29 to $98
$20$50$100$200$500facility $79professional $54

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
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$46.77
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$46.77
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$36.31
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
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.77

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 38th of 51

$54.95

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.