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Dry Needling of Tight Muscle Areas

Washington 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $20.89 to $38.90.

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 $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $58
$20$50$100professional $28

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
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$53.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$66.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 7th of 51

$27.54

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.