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Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room

South Carolina 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$36.31$33.11 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$33.11 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $33 to $87Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $28 to $56
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $34professional $36

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
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$36.31

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.