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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Indiana 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$53.70$43.65 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$53.70 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,090Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $42 to $95
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $71professional $54

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
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 34th of 51

$57.54

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.