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Nerve Conduction Study, Limited

Illinois 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$91.20 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$269 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $115 to $741Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $72 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $309professional $123

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
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$257.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
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
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$126

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.