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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

North Carolina 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$58.88$48.98 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$52.48 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $49 to $955Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $48 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $76professional $59

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
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$117.49
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$58.88

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.