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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Washington, DC 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?

$1,585

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $2,344.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $324 to $7,762Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $347

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
$323.59
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,370.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in New York than in Vermont. 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.

Washington, DC· 6th of 51

$1,585

NY $2,042VT $224

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.