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Needle Muscle Test (EMG) of One Arm or Leg

Virginia rates for HCPCS 95860

A test in which a very fine needle electrode is placed into muscles of one arm or one leg to record their electrical activity, both at rest and while the muscle is tensed. The pattern of signals shows whether weakness, cramping, or numbness comes from the nerve supplying the muscle or from the muscle itself. Muscles alongside the spine in that same region may be sampled during the study.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Muscle Test (EMG) of One Arm or Leg cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$120$105 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$70.79 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $49 to $347Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $81 to $158
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $105professional $120

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
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$426.58
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
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
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$120

AK $282TX $72.44

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.