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Motor nerve pathway study from brain to arms

CPT 95928the billing code this page is about

Stimulation of the brain's motor area with recording of the muscle responses in the arms to check the motor nerve pathways.

Hospitals typically charge $825 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 900 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $910. Most fall between $371 and $1,845 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
900
States
47
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 900 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
$189$430$825$1,551$2,761

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($189 vs $2,761).

How the prices are spread

$118 – $166: 30 hospitals$118$166 – $235: 40 hospitals$235 – $333: 49 hospitals$235$333 – $471: 79 hospitals$471 – $667: 109 hospitals$471$667 – $944: 153 hospitals$944 – $1,336: 139 hospitals$944$1,336 – $1,890: 85 hospitals$1,890 – $2,674: 77 hospitals$1,890$2,674 – $3,784: 53 hospitals$2,674median $825price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (814 of 900 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$118$16630
$166$23540
$235$33349
$333$47179
$471$667109
$667$944153
$944$1,336139
$1,336$1,89085
$1,890$2,67477
$2,674$3,78453

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$877
Median cash price$825
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.94×

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 $825.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,247 across 18 hospitalsWA$1,247Idaho: median $1,093 across 10 hospitalsID$1,093Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $85 across 16 hospitalsMN$85Illinois: median $908 across 42 hospitalsIL$908Wisconsin: median $978 across 35 hospitalsWI$978Michigan: median $520 across 47 hospitalsMI$520New York: median $1,204 across 28 hospitalsNY$1,204Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,311 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,311Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $181 across 14 hospitalsIA$181Indiana: median $731 across 36 hospitalsIN$731Ohio: median $780 across 44 hospitalsOH$780Pennsylvania: median $771 across 36 hospitalsPA$771New Jersey: median $1,126 across 17 hospitalsNJ$1,126Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,017 across 87 hospitalsCA$2,017Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,048 across 30 hospitalsCO$1,048Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,314 across 18 hospitalsMO$1,314Kentucky: median $2,256 across 16 hospitalsKY$2,256West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $437 across 29 hospitalsVA$437Maryland: median $615 across 11 hospitalsMD$615Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $414 across 22 hospitalsTN$414North Carolina: median $1,073 across 21 hospitalsNC$1,073South Carolina: median $363 across 14 hospitalsSC$363Oklahoma: median $152 across 18 hospitalsOK$152Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $639 across 54 hospitalsGA$639Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $677 across 72 hospitalsTX$677Florida: median $1,557 across 59 hospitalsFL$1,557
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $825. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY16$2,256+174%$905 – $4,085
California CA87$2,017+145%$1,103 – $2,761
Florida FL59$1,557+89%$775 – $2,540
Missouri MO18$1,314+59%$333 – $1,610
Oregon OR18$1,311+59%$300 – $2,120
Washington WA18$1,247+51%$508 – $1,887
New York NY28$1,204+46%$608 – $1,800
New Jersey NJ17$1,126+37%$1,111 – $3,418
Idaho ID10$1,093+32%$845 – $4,833
North Carolina NC21$1,073+30%$533 – $1,323
Colorado CO30$1,048+27%$921 – $1,761
Wisconsin WI35$978+19%$430 – $1,656
Illinois IL42$908+10%$207 – $1,332
Ohio OH44$780−5%$392 – $1,155
Pennsylvania PA36$771−6%$59 – $1,259
Indiana IN36$731−11%$551 – $909
Texas TX72$677−18%$534 – $1,440
Georgia GA54$639−23%$317 – $1,776
Maryland MD11$615−25%$435 – $740
Michigan MI47$520−37%$94 – $1,181
Virginia VA29$437−47%$382 – $860
Tennessee TN22$414−50%$157 – $767
South Carolina SC14$363−56%$232 – $727
Iowa IA14$181−78%$181 – $898
Oklahoma OK18$152−82%$152 – $399
Minnesota MN16$85−90%$84 – $939
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $825.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care796$841$371 – $1,837
Children’s33$767$411 – $1,761
Critical access68$707$430 – $1,927
Ownership
For-profit99$813$468 – $1,776
Government94$898$371 – $1,776
Non-profit704$813$356 – $1,887
System affiliation
Part of a system814$829$384 – $1,800
Independent86$813$300 – $1,981

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,500
Median cash price$825
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

696 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $825 and the average of the middle 60% is $919; most fall between $363 and $1,853.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 696 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
$214$415$825$1,573$2,761

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($214 vs $2,761).

Of the 726 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 696 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

900 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 937 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted900
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code937

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 Ctr Motor Ep Std Transcrnl Motor Stimj Upr Limbs|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, “Motor nerve pathway study from brain to arms (CPT 95928) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-95928-motor-nerve-pathway-study-from-brain-to-arms