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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

North Carolina 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?

$2,595

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,595 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$407$269 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$355 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,913Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,467
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $2,188professional $407

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
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,162.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$32,359.37
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $2,595 · 40th 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.