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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Michigan 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$60.26$47.86 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$60.26 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $36 to $955Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $42 to $69
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $138professional $60

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
$36.31
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$60.26

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.