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Needle Muscle Test For Cranial Nerve Function, Both Sides

Kansas rates for HCPCS 95868

This test uses a thin needle electrode inserted into muscles controlled by nerves that arise directly from the brain, such as muscles of the face or jaw, to check how well those nerves are working. It examines muscles on both sides of the body during the same visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Muscle Test For Cranial Nerve Function, Both Sides cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$145 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$182 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $155 to $234Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $191professional $191

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
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
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$191

AK $331TX $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.