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Sensory Testing Using Heat And Pain

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 0109T

A test of how well the nerves in a limb sense warmth and heat pain. A probe warms the skin in controlled steps and the patient reports when they first feel warmth and at what point it becomes painful, which reflects how the smaller nerve fibers are working. It is reported for each limb tested and includes the interpretation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sensory Testing Using Heat And Pain cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 5 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$42.66$32.36 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$43.65 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $35 to $251Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $30 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $251professional $43

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$61.66
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Vermont than in South Dakota. 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.

Tennessee· 19th of 51

$42.66

VT $54.95SD $30.20

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.