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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

South 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?

$5,278

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$380$269 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$562 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $309 to $22,909Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,455
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $380

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
$380.19
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$46,773.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where South 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 feeSouth Carolina $5,278 · 16th 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.