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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Maine 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?

$3,171

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$417$355 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,692 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $10,471Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $417

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,168.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$446.68
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$223.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Maine 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

Maine· 45th of 51

$3,171

$417 physician + $2,754 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.