Medicare pays $94 on average nationally for this procedure.

CPT code 95866 describes a needle electromyography (EMG) procedure in which the provider records electrical activity from muscle fibers while inserting needles during a patient’s spontaneous respiration; the recordings are audible on a loudspeaker. This is a diagnostic electrodiagnostic service typically performed by a neurologist, physiatrist, or trained clinician and is usually provided in an outpatient clinic or hospital-based electrodiagnostics suite for evaluation of neuromuscular function and respiratory-related muscle activity.

For related coverage guidance, see recent payer policy updates: Lumbar Microdiscectomy, Artificial Cervical Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Decompression.