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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Massachusetts 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 8 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$63.10$52.48 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$39.81 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $32 to $2,818Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $44 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $69professional $63

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$151.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$63.10

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.