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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$39.81 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$63.10 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $34 to $1,349Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $34 to $93
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $407professional $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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 24th 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.