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Fitting of a Skin-Surface Nerve Stimulator (TENS)

Ohio 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?

$1,549

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $2,138.

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

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,512Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $60
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $50

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$41,686.94
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 5th of 38

$1,549

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.