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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Ohio 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 8 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$56.23$45.71 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$79.43 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $44 to $2,138Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $40 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $56

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
$39.81
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 36th of 51

$57.54

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.