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Fine-Wire Muscle Recording During Walking

Iowa rates for HCPCS 96003

A recording of the electrical activity of a single muscle while the patient walks or performs other movements, made through a very fine wire placed into that muscle. Because the wire sits inside the muscle it can record from deep muscles that surface electrodes cannot reach. It forms part of a walking analysis used to plan treatment for a movement problem.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fine-Wire Muscle Recording During Walking cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $27.54 to $45.71.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $26 to $302Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $23 to $174
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $36

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Texas than in Florida. 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· 6th of 51

$36.31

TX $174FL $17.78

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.