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Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room

Iowa rates for HCPCS 95940

Covers continuous monitoring of the nerves and spinal cord while an operation is going on, with a specialist physically present in the operating room devoting attention to that one patient. Electrical signals from the nervous system are watched constantly so the surgical team is warned immediately if a nerve is being put at risk. It is billed in 15-minute blocks for the time the specialist is in attendance.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $69.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $39 to $89Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $36 to $87
$50$100$200facility $63professional $63

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
2 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
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$63.10

AK $79.43NY $26.30

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.