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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

South Dakota 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 7 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$87.10$51.29 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$54.95 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $49 to $813Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $39 to $132
$50$100$200$500facility $76professional $87

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$87.10

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.