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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

South 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$56.23$47.86 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$107 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $32 to $1,122Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $37 to $107
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $56

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
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
7 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
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$61.66

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.