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Needle Muscle Test, Limited Study

Massachusetts 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $170.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $62 to $240
$20$50$100$200$500professional $98

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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$125.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$97.72

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.