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Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room

Minnesota 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$40.74 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$35.48 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $35 to $251Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $35 to $107
$50$100$200facility $60professional $56

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
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$114.82
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$56.23

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.