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Needle muscle test (EMG) of head muscles, one side

CPT 95867the billing code this page is about

Fine needle electrodes are placed in muscles supplied by cranial nerves on one side of the head or neck to record their electrical activity, with interpretation and report.

Hospitals typically charge $320 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,287 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $337. Most fall between $133 and $652 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,287
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,287 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$82$163$320$571$933

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($82 vs $933).

How the prices are spread

$58 – $78: 48 hospitals$58$78 – $106: 79 hospitals$106 – $144: 97 hospitals$106$144 – $196: 98 hospitals$196 – $266: 157 hospitals$196$266 – $361: 175 hospitals$361 – $490: 179 hospitals$361$490 – $665: 141 hospitals$665 – $902: 118 hospitals$665$902 – $1,225: 69 hospitals$902median $320price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,161 of 1,287 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$58$7848
$78$10679
$106$14497
$144$19698
$196$266157
$266$361175
$361$490179
$490$665141
$665$902118
$902$1,22569

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$221
Median cash price$320
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.45×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $320.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $118 across 10 hospitalsME$118Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $417 across 23 hospitalsWA$417Idaho: median $619 across 11 hospitalsID$619Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $202 across 25 hospitalsMN$202Illinois: median $353 across 49 hospitalsIL$353Wisconsin: median $259 across 55 hospitalsWI$259Michigan: median $297 across 57 hospitalsMI$297New York: median $369 across 48 hospitalsNY$369Massachusetts: median $456 across 19 hospitalsMA$456Oregon: median $645 across 16 hospitalsOR$645Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $96 across 18 hospitalsIA$96Indiana: median $281 across 46 hospitalsIN$281Ohio: median $469 across 67 hospitalsOH$469Pennsylvania: median $294 across 84 hospitalsPA$294New Jersey: median $408 across 29 hospitalsNJ$408Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $673 across 103 hospitalsCA$673Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $235 across 31 hospitalsCO$235Nebraska: median $173 across 12 hospitalsNE$173Missouri: median $312 across 30 hospitalsMO$312Kentucky: median $550 across 22 hospitalsKY$550West Virginia: median $308 across 10 hospitalsWV$308Virginia: median $199 across 34 hospitalsVA$199Maryland: median $176 across 26 hospitalsMD$176Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $320 across 25 hospitalsAZ$320New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $173 across 10 hospitalsKS$173Arkansas: median $156 across 12 hospitalsAR$156Tennessee: median $72 across 25 hospitalsTN$72North Carolina: median $308 across 35 hospitalsNC$308South Carolina: median $359 across 25 hospitalsSC$359Oklahoma: median $149 across 23 hospitalsOK$149Louisiana: median $124 across 22 hospitalsLA$124Mississippi: median $138 across 19 hospitalsMS$138Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $378 across 58 hospitalsGA$378Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $385 across 82 hospitalsTX$385Florida: median $483 across 55 hospitalsFL$483
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $320. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA103$673+111%$260 – $910
Oregon OR16$645+102%$84 – $807
Idaho ID11$619+94%$175 – $1,464
Kentucky KY22$550+72%$136 – $583
Florida FL55$483+51%$163 – $991
Ohio OH67$469+47%$267 – $884
Massachusetts MA19$456+43%$238 – $605
Washington WA23$417+30%$248 – $588
New Jersey NJ29$408+28%$340 – $1,063
Texas TX82$385+20%$236 – $548
Georgia GA58$378+18%$256 – $570
New York NY48$369+15%$131 – $661
South Carolina SC25$359+12%$253 – $763
Illinois IL49$353+10%$171 – $596
Arizona AZ25$3200%$79 – $1,218
Missouri MO30$312−2%$127 – $535
North Carolina NC35$308−4%$170 – $394
West Virginia WV10$308−4%$116 – $351
Michigan MI57$297−7%$50 – $701
Pennsylvania PA84$294−8%$182 – $471
Indiana IN46$281−12%$93 – $484
Wisconsin WI55$259−19%$133 – $509
Colorado CO31$235−27%$212 – $640
Minnesota MN25$202−37%$154 – $302
Virginia VA34$199−38%$72 – $375
Maryland MD26$176−45%$104 – $297
Kansas KS10$173−46%$150 – $428
Nebraska NE12$173−46%$131 – $409
Arkansas AR12$156−51%$113 – $502
Oklahoma OK23$149−53%$82 – $343
Mississippi MS19$138−57%$97 – $157
Louisiana LA22$124−61%$88 – $255
Maine ME10$118−63%$62 – $255
Iowa IA18$96−70%$96 – $219
Tennessee TN25$72−78%$43 – $154
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $320.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,089$326$137 – $645
Children’s57$502$244 – $771
Critical access135$202$120 – $530
Ownership
For-profit122$369$163 – $809
Government144$306$128 – $539
Non-profit1,015$320$133 – $662
System affiliation
Part of a system1,117$337$136 – $673
Independent170$283$107 – $488

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$568
Median cash price$320
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

965 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $359 and the average of the middle 60% is $372; most fall between $138 and $727.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 965 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$90$170$359$619$1,036

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($90 vs $1,036).

Of the 1,014 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 965 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,287 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,350 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,287
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code1,350

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Needle Electromyography Cranial Nrv Muscle Uni.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle muscle test (EMG) of head muscles, one side (CPT 95867) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-95867-needle-muscle-test-emg-of-head-muscles-one-side