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Placing a Drainage Shunt in an Unborn Baby

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$794$589 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,122 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,761Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $794

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
$758.58
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in California 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$1,122

CA $3,981DE $490

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.