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Placing a Drainage Shunt in an Unborn Baby

Nebraska 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$708 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$224 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $309professional $1,072

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$955

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.