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Placement Of A Spinal Nerve Stimulator Control Device

Washington 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?

$2,228

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,228 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$363 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$603 to $33,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $457 to $93,325Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,023
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,738professional $490

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
$645.65
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$81,283.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67,608.30
Median
$97,723.72
Typical High
$169,824.37
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$64,565.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$47,863.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$91,201.08
Typical High
$169,824.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$91,201.08
Typical High
$177,827.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69

Where Washington 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

Washington· 42nd of 50

$2,228

$490 physician + $1,738 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.