CPT code 59030: Fetal blood sampling, scalp sample during labor2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, Medicare pays $90.59 for 59030 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 59030 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 59030 covers

During labor, the obstetrician obtains a small blood specimen from the presenting fetal scalp through the cervix to assess fetal acid-base status, often after a concerning fetal heart-rate pattern. The result can help guide whether labor may continue or delivery should be expedited. The procedure is performed in labor and delivery when the cervix and ruptured membranes permit access; it is distinct from prenatal blood sampling through the umbilical cord.

Report 59030 for the scalp sampling procedure. Documentation should identify the intrapartum indication, sampling site, and procedure, along with the clinical assessment and resulting management. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are paid at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. An assistant at surgery is paid only when medical necessity is documented; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How North Carolina compares for 59030

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 59030 runs from $84.19 in Wisconsin to $130.58 in Miami, FL. North Carolina pays $90.59. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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59030 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 59030 rate is calculated

Each of 59030’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 59030

The CMS indicators that decide how 59030 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 59030

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 59030 has changed in North Carolina

Price 59030 for an earlier date of service

Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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