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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Louisiana 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?

$3,120

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,120 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$331 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,175 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,913Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,754
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,570professional $550

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
$501.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,090.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $3,120 · 34th 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.