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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Tennessee 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?

$4,878

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,878 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$513$295 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,042 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,471Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $209 to $14,791
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $513

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,754.23
6 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
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$4,878

$513 physician + $4,365 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.