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Fine-Wire Muscle Recording During Walking

Washington 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.39$22.39 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$12.30 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $33Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $18 to $48
$20$50$100facility $22professional $22

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
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 51

$22.39

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.