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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Minnesota 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$112$87.10 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$126 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,096Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $62 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $112

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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$120

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.