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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Test

Tennessee 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$61.66$45.71 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$191 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,738Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $43 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $62

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
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
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
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.71

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 10th of 51

$87.10

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.