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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic nervous system procedures

Complete nerve-muscle electrical test, each arm or leg

CPT 95886the billing code this page is about

A needle electromyography study of five or more muscles in one arm or leg plus the nearby muscles along the spine, done along with nerve conduction testing; billed once per limb.

Hospitals typically charge $237 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,659 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $243. Most fall between $107 and $422 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,659
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 1,659 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
$69$125$237$386$612

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($69 vs $612).

How the prices are spread

$49 – $65: 59 hospitals$49$65 – $86: 102 hospitals$86 – $115: 120 hospitals$86$115 – $153: 168 hospitals$153 – $204: 208 hospitals$153$204 – $271: 224 hospitals$271 – $361: 242 hospitals$271$361 – $481: 205 hospitals$481 – $641: 91 hospitals$481$641 – $854: 76 hospitals$641median $237price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,495 of 1,659 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$49$6559
$65$86102
$86$115120
$115$153168
$153$204208
$204$271224
$271$361242
$361$481205
$481$64191
$641$85476

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $237.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $74 across 11 hospitalsME$74Vermont: median $127 across 11 hospitalsVT$127New Hampshire: median $119 across 14 hospitalsNH$119Washington: median $201 across 32 hospitalsWA$201Idaho: median $214 across 14 hospitalsID$214Montana: 7 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 $197 across 38 hospitalsMN$197Illinois: median $282 across 74 hospitalsIL$282Wisconsin: median $209 across 73 hospitalsWI$209Michigan: median $184 across 62 hospitalsMI$184New York: median $145 across 46 hospitalsNY$145Massachusetts: median $254 across 37 hospitalsMA$254Oregon: median $170 across 22 hospitalsOR$170Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $255 across 40 hospitalsIA$255Indiana: median $223 across 59 hospitalsIN$223Ohio: median $250 across 89 hospitalsOH$250Pennsylvania: median $254 across 85 hospitalsPA$254New Jersey: median $361 across 24 hospitalsNJ$361Connecticut: median $145 across 12 hospitalsCT$145Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $329 across 94 hospitalsCA$329Utah: median $335 across 25 hospitalsUT$335Colorado: median $250 across 37 hospitalsCO$250Nebraska: median $195 across 23 hospitalsNE$195Missouri: median $150 across 56 hospitalsMO$150Kentucky: median $212 across 35 hospitalsKY$212West Virginia: median $218 across 25 hospitalsWV$218Virginia: median $246 across 31 hospitalsVA$246Maryland: median $167 across 26 hospitalsMD$167Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $195 across 25 hospitalsAZ$195New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $146 across 19 hospitalsKS$146Arkansas: median $113 across 15 hospitalsAR$113Tennessee: median $86 across 39 hospitalsTN$86North Carolina: median $174 across 48 hospitalsNC$174South Carolina: median $229 across 27 hospitalsSC$229Oklahoma: median $88 across 24 hospitalsOK$88Louisiana: median $121 across 21 hospitalsLA$121Mississippi: median $135 across 30 hospitalsMS$135Alabama: median $350 across 23 hospitalsAL$350Georgia: median $266 across 67 hospitalsGA$266Hawaii: median $76 across 10 hospitalsHI$76Texas: median $353 across 86 hospitalsTX$353Florida: median $354 across 78 hospitalsFL$354
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $237. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ24$361+53%$129 – $609
Florida FL78$354+49%$166 – $512
Texas TX86$353+49%$208 – $368
Alabama AL23$350+48%$67 – $669
Utah UT25$335+42%$335 – $432
California CA94$329+39%$178 – $406
Illinois IL74$282+19%$116 – $483
Georgia GA67$266+12%$158 – $698
Iowa IA40$255+8%$116 – $338
Pennsylvania PA85$254+7%$75 – $369
Massachusetts MA37$254+7%$95 – $471
Colorado CO37$250+6%$221 – $565
Ohio OH89$250+6%$134 – $435
Virginia VA31$246+4%$64 – $298
South Carolina SC27$229−3%$192 – $489
Indiana IN59$223−6%$123 – $545
West Virginia WV25$218−8%$92 – $293
Idaho ID14$214−10%$84 – $1,464
Kentucky KY35$212−11%$86 – $386
Wisconsin WI73$209−12%$130 – $523
Washington WA32$201−15%$138 – $267
Minnesota MN38$197−17%$125 – $347
Arizona AZ25$195−18%$65 – $195
Nebraska NE23$195−18%$135 – $379
Michigan MI62$184−22%$52 – $369
North Carolina NC48$174−27%$138 – $414
Oregon OR22$170−28%$116 – $328
Maryland MD26$167−30%$79 – $258
Missouri MO56$150−37%$59 – $772
Kansas KS19$146−38%$97 – $262
Connecticut CT12$145−39%$123 – $242
New York NY46$145−39%$92 – $443
Mississippi MS30$135−43%$88 – $173
Vermont VT11$127−46%$68 – $312
Louisiana LA21$121−49%$85 – $204
New Hampshire NH14$119−50%$54 – $204
Arkansas AR15$113−52%$81 – $149
Oklahoma OK24$88−63%$88 – $391
Tennessee TN39$86−64%$42 – $356
Hawaii HI10$76−68%$50 – $179
Maine ME11$74−69%$53 – $110
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $237.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,307$246$109 – $428
Children’s55$288$164 – $680
Critical access290$165$92 – $347
Ownership
For-profit162$324$131 – $612
Government228$172$88 – $358
Non-profit1,262$242$107 – $416
System affiliation
Part of a system1,396$246$114 – $426
Independent263$184$86 – $358

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$394
Median cash price$237
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

1,245 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $254 and the average of the middle 60% is $264; most fall between $115 and $432.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,245 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
$78$134$254$403$583

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($78 vs $583).

Of the 1,319 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,245 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,659 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,784 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,659
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded87
Hospitals that filed this code1,784

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Emg Ea Extremty W/Paraspinl Area Complete|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “Complete nerve-muscle electrical test, each arm or leg (CPT 95886) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-95886-complete-nerve-muscle-electrical-test-each-arm-or-leg