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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Colorado rates for HCPCS 59050

During labour, a doctor who is not the one delivering the baby oversees the continuous recording of the baby's heart rate alongside the mother's contractions, interprets the tracing and writes a report. It is used when an additional opinion on the baby's wellbeing is wanted.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$42.66 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$56.23 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $43 to $1,995Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $43 to $93
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $76professional $56

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
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Delaware. 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$60.26

OK $275DE $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.