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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

North Dakota 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$97.72$60.26 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$41.69 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $42 to $49Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $49 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $49professional $98

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
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$95.50

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.