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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

Ohio 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.60 to $29.51.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41
$20$100$500$2K$10Kprofessional $23

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
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$23.44

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.