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Revision of Spinal Stimulator Wires Placed by Needle

South Carolina 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?

$4,735

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$575 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$794 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,589Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,349
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $933

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
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
8 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
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$4,735

$933 physician + $3,802 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.