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Electrical Pain Treatment Session Through The Skin

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 0278T

A pain treatment that sends electrical signals through pads placed on the skin. Placing the electrodes is part of the service, and nothing is inserted into the body. The charge covers one treatment session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Electrical Pain Treatment Session Through The Skin cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $363 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$75.86 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$282 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,802Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $17 to $245
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $363professional $245

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Rhode Island than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island· 1st of 51

$245

RI $245NM $15.85

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.