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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20560

Thin needles are inserted into tight, tender bands within a muscle to release them, with no medication injected. It is used to relieve muscle pain and the knots that refer pain to other areas, and this version covers treating only a small number of muscles.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.60 to $58.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $102
$20$50$100professional $25

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$134.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Wyoming than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 19th of 51

$25.12

WY $42.66KY $20.42

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.