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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$57.54$48.98 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$57.54 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $58 to $1,122Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $45 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $65professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th 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.