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Needle Muscle Test, Limited Study

Minnesota 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $251.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $85 to $295
$100$200$500professional $182

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$182

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.