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Removal Of A Spinal Cord Stimulator Wire

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 63661

Thin wire-like electrodes from a spinal cord stimulator, a device implanted to help manage chronic pain, are removed. This applies to electrodes that were originally placed through a needle rather than through an open incision into the spine, and imaging guidance may be used to help locate and remove them.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Spinal Cord Stimulator Wire cost?

$3,765

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 69 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$372 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,202 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,000Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,479
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $3,162professional $603

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
IN $6,799ND $1,322

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.