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Draining Fluid From A Baby Before Birth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 59074

Uses ultrasound guidance to pass a fine needle through the mother's abdomen and into the unborn baby, to drain a build-up of fluid from the chest, abdomen, or bladder. Releasing the pressure can allow the lungs or other organs to develop and can improve the baby's condition before delivery. The ultrasound guidance used to place the needle is part of the procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From A Baby Before Birth cost?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$1,175$692 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$437 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,512Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $1,175

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$1,122

CA $3,236KY $324

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.