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Needle Muscle Test Of Three Limbs

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 95863

This test uses a thin needle electrode inserted into muscles in three of the limbs to measure the electrical activity produced by the muscles at rest and during contraction. It helps identify nerve or muscle disorders that affect strength, sensation, or movement, such as pinched nerves or muscle disease. Muscles near the spine may also be checked as part of the same evaluation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Muscle Test Of Three Limbs cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 6 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$209$195 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$209 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $178 to $479Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $158 to $288
$50$100$200$500facility $251professional $209

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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota than in Oklahoma. 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$209

MN $468OK $195

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.