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Fine-Wire Muscle Recording During Walking

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

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

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$34.67 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$46.77 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $45 to $126Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $65
$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $59professional $41

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $44.67 · 2nd of 51
AK $48.98FL $18.20

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.