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Revision of Spinal Stimulator Wires Placed by Needle

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 63663

Repositions or replaces the thin stimulating wires of a spinal cord stimulator that were originally placed through a needle rather than through an open incision. It is done when a wire has shifted, broken, or is no longer covering the painful area. X-ray guidance is used to confirm the new position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Revision of Spinal Stimulator Wires Placed by Needle cost?

$9,306

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$661 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,365 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $61,660Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,585
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $794

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$74,131.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 8.6 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$9,306

$794 physician + $8,511 facility

CO $14,248KY $1,661

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.