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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Rhode Island 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?

$4,988

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$245 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,549 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,715Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $417

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
3 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
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$4,988

$417 physician + $4,571 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.