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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Georgia 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 5 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$69.18$48.98 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$67.61 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $46 to $1,820Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $45 to $117
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $91professional $69

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
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$69.18

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.