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Revision of Spinal Stimulator Wires Placed by Needle

Maine 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?

$3,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$741$525 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,692 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,120Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95

Where Maine 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

Maine· 45th of 51

$3,496

$741 physician + $2,754 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.