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Surgical Placement Of A Muscle Stimulator Lead

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 64580

Through an open incision, an electrode is placed on or into a muscle so that electrical pulses can be delivered to make the muscle contract. The electrode is connected to a stimulator that drives movement or supports function in a muscle that no longer responds to its own nerve signals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Placement Of A Muscle Stimulator Lead cost?

$1,221

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,221 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$309 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$398 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $309 to $14,791Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $275 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $832professional $389

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
$309.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$33,884.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$85,113.80
Typical High
$85,113.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 65.7 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$1,221

$389 physician + $832 facility

ME $40,191WV $612

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.