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Fitting of a Skin-Surface Nerve Stimulator (TENS)

California rates for HCPCS 64550

This covers the fitting and application of a device that delivers mild electrical pulses through electrodes placed on the skin to help manage pain, commonly known as a TENS unit. A clinician positions the electrodes over the appropriate area and sets up the device for the patient's use. This is a non-surgical way to help control pain using electrical stimulation rather than medication.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fitting of a Skin-Surface Nerve Stimulator (TENS) cost?

$4,365

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $5,623.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,882Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $490 to $490
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79

Where California sits

The same service costs 2818.4 times more in Kentucky than in Florida. 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.

California· 2nd of 38

$4,365

KY $44,668FL $15.85

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.