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Removal Of A Spinal Cord Stimulator Wire

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$2,268

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$282 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,023 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,943Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $219 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Florida· 29th of 51

$2,268

$490 physician + $1,778 facility

AL $6,112MT $1,427

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.