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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

New York 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.78 to $43.65.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $288
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $26

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
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70

Where New York 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.

New York· 11th of 51

$26.30

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.