No office rate
96001 reports computerized motion testing with force-plate measurement. This code reports dynamic surface EMG muscle activity.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
96002 Surface EMG Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey
Reports surface electromyography recorded during walking or another functional activity to assess activation patterns in one or two muscles. Compare 96002 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in New Jersey.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 96002 in New Jersey?
New Jersey has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$19.01–$19.53
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Motion analysis
About 96002: Dynamic surface muscle activity testing
Reports surface electromyography recorded during walking or another functional activity to assess activation patterns in one or two muscles.
A motion-analysis laboratory uses surface electrodes to record muscle activity while a patient walks or performs another functional movement. The recording can help assess muscle activation patterns during gait or movement evaluation. The service is distinct from a resting or needle-based electrodiagnostic study: the muscle activity is captured during movement, without needle electrodes.
Choose this code for testing one or two muscles; report additional muscles with 96003 when appropriate. Documentation should identify the muscles tested and the walking or other functional activity performed. CMS prices this code as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment. When computerized motion analysis or a physician’s review and interpretation is also performed, determine whether those services are separately reportable based on the work documented; this code describes the dynamic surface EMG recording.
CMS billing rules for 96002
- Bilateral procedures
- The code is already priced as bilateral; modifier 50 does not increase payment.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.40 · 74%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.11 · 20%
- Malpractice RVU0.03 · 6%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #3913 by national volume
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
96002 compared with similar codes
Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.
$112.38–$116.01
96004 is for physician review and interpretation of comprehensive computer-based motion analysis, including a report, rather than the dynamic surface EMG testing itself.
$128.95–$135.51
95860 is needle electromyography of one extremity. This code captures surface muscle activity during walking or another functional movement.
Compare 96002 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Northern Nj →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$19.53
Rest Of New Jersey →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$19.01
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96002 billing questions
How many muscles are included?
This code covers testing one or two muscles during walking or another functional activity. Use 96003 for each additional muscle when the service meets its requirements.
Should modifier 50 be appended for testing both sides?
CMS prices this code as bilateral. Modifier 50 does not increase payment.
How is this different from 96003?
This code covers the initial one or two muscles. Code 96003 is for each additional muscle tested.
Is physician interpretation included?
This code describes the dynamic surface EMG testing. Code 96004 describes a physician’s review and interpretation of comprehensive computer-based motion analysis, including a report, when that service is performed.
What should the record identify?
Document the muscles tested and the walking or other functional activity during which the surface EMG was recorded.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
12,73895999,,Unlisted neurological dx px,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,73996000,,Motion analysis video/3d,A,,1.76,0.30,NA,0.30,,0.05,2.11,2.11,7,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,74096001,,Motion test w/ft press meas,A,,2.10,0.41,NA,0.41,,0.09,2.60,2.60,7,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,74196002,,Dynamic surface emg,A,,0.40,0.11,NA,0.11,,0.03,0.54,0.54,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,74296004,,Phys review of motion tests,A,,2.09,0.95,,0.95,,0.14,3.18,3.18,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,74396020,,Functional brain mapping,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,NA,0.00,0.00,0.00,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,74496020,26,Functional brain mapping,A,,3.34,1.05,,1.05,,0.15,4.54,4.54,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00