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Fetal Monitoring by a Consulting Doctor

Virginia 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$48.98 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$56.23 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $49 to $1,862Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $46 to $91
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $74professional $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
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$56.23

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.