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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 October 2026.

How much does Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$57.54$46.77 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$28.84 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $23 to $427Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $47 to $98
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $47professional $58

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
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$47.86
8 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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th 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.