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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

California rates for HCPCS 64555

A thin electrode wire is placed through the skin next to a nerve outside the spinal cord, so mild electrical pulses can interrupt pain signals traveling along that nerve. It may be placed as a temporary trial to see whether stimulation helps, or as the lead for a longer-term implanted system. No open incision is needed to position the wire.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin cost?

$4,822

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,822 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$191 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,951 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,804Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,890
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,467professional $355

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,071.52
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$26,302.68
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,365.16
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$32,359.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where California sits

The same service costs 32.1 times more in Indiana than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeCalifornia $4,822 · 20th of 51
IN $32,676MT $1,019

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.