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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Kentucky 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 October 2026.

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

$1,775

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$126 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$417 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $269 to $8,511Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,862
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$9,772.37
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$10,715.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,089.30
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 13.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$1,775

$191 physician + $1,585 facility

CO $15,603MT $1,192

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.