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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Florida 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$47.86$43.65 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$331 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $68 to $6,026Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $40 to $72
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $48

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
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$48.98

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.