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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

Ohio 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$40.74 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$44.67 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $22 to $1,549Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $98
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $158professional $52

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
$40.74
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$58.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$39.81
4 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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UD · State-defined
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 44th of 51

$53.70

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.