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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

North Carolina 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 to $26.92.

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 $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42
$10$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
$14.79
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$21.88

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.