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Fine-Wire Muscle Recording During Walking

South Dakota 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $42.66.

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

Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $22 to $43
$20$50$100professional $35

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$34.67

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.