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Needle Muscle Test Outside The Arms And Legs

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 95887

This is a test in which a thin needle electrode is inserted into muscles outside the arms and legs, such as those of the face, neck, or trunk, to measure their electrical activity, done on the same day as a nerve conduction study. It helps evaluate nerve or muscle problems affecting those areas.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Muscle Test Outside The Arms And Legs cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $97.72.

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

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $87 to $89Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $68 to $170
$50$100$200facility $89professional $87

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
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
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
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.0 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$87.10

AK $204TX $67.61

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.