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Motor Pathway Test, Arms

Iowa rates for HCPCS 95928

A test of the nerve pathway carrying movement signals from the brain down to the arms. A magnetic or electrical pulse is delivered over the scalp and the resulting response in an arm muscle is recorded; the time it takes to arrive shows whether the pathway is slowed or blocked. It is used in conditions affecting the brain or spinal cord.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Motor Pathway Test, Arms cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$468$282 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$501 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,512Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $174 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $468

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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.9 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$490

AK $603TX $155

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.