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Nerve Conduction Study, Limited

Iowa rates for HCPCS 95908

Small electrical pulses are applied to the skin over a handful of nerves to measure how quickly and strongly signals travel along them, helping identify nerve damage or dysfunction. This version tests fewer nerves than a more extensive study. It's used when symptoms point to a more limited or localized nerve problem.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Conduction Study, Limited cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $275 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$132 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$224 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $138 to $676Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $98 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $275professional $234

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
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
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
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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· 5th of 51

$234

AK $275UT $72.44

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.