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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 6 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$64.57$48.98 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$53.70 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $54 to $1,230Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $44 to $117
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $98professional $65

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
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th 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.