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Needle Muscle Testing of Face and Head Muscles

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 95867

Records the electrical activity inside the muscles of the face and head that are driven by the nerves coming directly from the brain, using a fine needle electrode placed into each muscle. The pattern of activity shows whether weakness is coming from the muscle or from the nerve that supplies it. It is done on one side of the head.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Muscle Testing of Face and Head Muscles cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $115.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $78 to $155
$50$100$200professional $107

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota 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.

Washington, DC· 24th of 51

$107

MN $234TX $100

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.