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Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room

North Dakota 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $44.67 to $64.57.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $33 to $46Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $34 to $79
$50$100$200facility $33professional $60

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
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
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.41

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$58.88

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.