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Nerve Stimulation Wire Placed Through The Skin

Virginia 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?

$7,124

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$302 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$1,950 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $389 to $30,903Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,239
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $363

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48,977.88
Median
$63,095.73
Typical High
$67,608.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$11,481.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$7,124

$363 physician + $6,761 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.