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Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room

Louisiana 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $479 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$33.11 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$302 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $0 to $589Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $112
$0.1$1$10$100facility $479professional $41

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
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$44.67

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.