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Fitting of a Skin-Surface Nerve Stimulator (TENS)

Virginia 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?

$25.70

Typical physician fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $28.18.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $28
$20$50professional $26

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.18

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 38

$25.70

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.