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Placement Of A Spinal Nerve Stimulator Control Device

California rates for HCPCS 63685

This is the surgical placement or replacement of the small battery-powered control device that generates electrical pulses for a spinal cord stimulator, a system used to help manage chronic pain by delivering mild electrical signals to the spine. The device is implanted under the skin and connected to leads already placed near the spinal cord.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Spinal Nerve Stimulator Control Device cost?

$6,424

Typical total for the visit. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 14 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$302 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,981 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $14,125Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,026professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$16,218.10
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$154,881.66
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,489.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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

California· 19th of 50

$6,424

$398 physician + $6,026 facility

IN $30,636DE $702

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.