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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Iowa 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?

$4,735

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$324 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,239 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,490Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,129
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $933

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $4,735 · 21st 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.