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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Louisiana 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$61.66$52.48 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$56.23 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1,148Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $44 to $78
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $257professional $62

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
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$67.61

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.