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Placement Of A Spinal Nerve Stimulator Control Device

Vermont 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?

$437

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $437.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $398 to $617
$200$500$1Kprofessional $437

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

Vermont· 43rd of 51

$437

HI $1,905DE $355

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.