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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

North Carolina 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?

$87.10

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $135.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $47 to $219
$50$100$200professional $87

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
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$87.10

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.