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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

South Dakota 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.39 to $41.69.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $15 to $59
$20$50professional $27

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
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 10th of 51

$26.92

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.