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Revision of Spinal Stimulator Wires Placed by Needle

Kentucky 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?

$1,661

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$427 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$708 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,710Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $513

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
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
4 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$1,661

$513 physician + $1,148 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.