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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 October 2026.

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

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$28.84 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$45.71 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $36 to $162Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $24 to $65
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $58professional $36

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$120.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th 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.