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Muscle Function Test Of The Anal Or Urethral Sphincter

Delaware rates for HCPCS 51784

Sensors placed at the skin surface, rather than a needle, measure the electrical activity of the muscle that controls the anus or the urethra, helping evaluate problems with bladder or bowel control. It is a non-needle alternative to a more invasive version of the same type of test.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Muscle Function Test Of The Anal Or Urethral Sphincter cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $347 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$64.57 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$331 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $331 to $891Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $59 to $234
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $71

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$199.53

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Rhode Island than in Texas. 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.

Delaware· 19th of 51

$115

RI $282TX $69.18

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.