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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Nebraska 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$85.11$54.95 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$110 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $93 to $851Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $44 to $251
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $174professional $85

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
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$107

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.