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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Rhode Island 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 4 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$57.54$39.81 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$123 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,802Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $40 to $87
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $58

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$63.10

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.