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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 October 2026.

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

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$776 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$347 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $1,096

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
$758.58
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$1,047

AK $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.