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Complete Needle EMG of an Arm or Leg

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 95886

In this procedure, a thin needle electrode is inserted briefly into several muscles of one arm or leg to record the electrical signals those muscles produce, which helps show whether a muscle or the nerve supplying it is working normally. It is done as the complete version of the test, checking a broad enough set of muscles to cover multiple nerves or nerve roots in that limb, and is typically performed together with a separate test that measures how fast electrical signals travel along the nerves. Together the two tests help pinpoint problems like a pinched nerve, nerve damage, or a muscle disorder.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complete Needle EMG of an Arm or Leg cost?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $78 to $141
$100$200professional $105

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
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Indiana. 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$105

WI $200IN $95.50

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.