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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Iowa 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$75.86$60.26 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$93.33 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,349Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $44 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $162professional $76

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
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$97.72

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.