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Placement Of A Spinal Nerve Stimulator Control Device

South Carolina 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?

$8,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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$427$339 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$2,570 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $427 to $57,544Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $155 to $776
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,318professional $427

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
$426.58
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 8th of 50

$8,744

$427 physician + $8,318 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.