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Placing a Drainage Shunt in an Unborn Baby

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 59076

Places a small drainage tube in an unborn baby while still in the womb, using ultrasound to guide a needle through the mother's abdomen and uterus. The shunt lets fluid that has built up inside the baby drain continuously, so the organ it is pressing on can develop.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing a Drainage Shunt in an Unborn Baby cost?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$617 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$525 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,754Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Arkansas. 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.

Connecticut· 15th of 51

$708

WI $1,380AR $427

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.