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Nerve Conduction Study, Limited

Louisiana 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$123 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$186 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $117 to $550Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $105 to $182
$100$200$500facility $229professional $135

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
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
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
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$135

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.