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Needle Muscle Test, Limited Study

Iowa rates for HCPCS 95870

This is a diagnostic study in which a thin needle electrode is inserted directly into a muscle to record its electrical activity, both at rest and during contraction. It is a limited version, covering muscles in one limb or a small group of non-limb muscles, and is used to help find nerve or muscle problems that cause weakness, pain, or abnormal sensation. It is different from a study that checks how quickly electrical signals travel along nerves, which uses electrodes taped to the skin instead of a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Muscle Test, Limited Study cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $138.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $65 to $234
$20$50$100$200$500professional $95

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Minnesota than in New Mexico. 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· 13th of 51

$95.50

MN $182NM $69.18

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.