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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

Arizona 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.79 to $26.30.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $34
$20$50$100professional $22

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
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$22.39

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.