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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

Virginia 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $30.20.

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 $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $44
$20$100$500$2Kprofessional $25

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
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 20th of 51

$25.12

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.