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Nerve Fiber Teasing Preparation

Iowa rates for HCPCS 88362

A specialized laboratory preparation of a nerve sample. Individual nerve fibers are gently separated from one another under magnification and mounted on slides, so a pathologist can inspect each fiber along its length for damage to its insulating sheath or its core.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Fiber Teasing Preparation cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $759 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$191 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$437 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,138Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 28th of 51

$229

AK $933AL $135

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.