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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

New York 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 9 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$63.10$52.48 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$617 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $65 to $4,898Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $46 to $151
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $63

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
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$245.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$181.97
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$181.97
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$158.49

Where New York 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.

New York· 14th of 51

$85.11

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.