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Muscle Function Test Of The Anal Or Urethral Sphincter

Iowa 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 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 7 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$155$83.18 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$145 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,585Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $54 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $155

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
$93.33
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$162.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$467.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$213.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$166

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.