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Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Nerve Monitoring In The Operating Room cost?

$47.86

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $35.48 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 $48 · 10th to 90th $29 to $78
$50.0$100.0facility $48

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Connecticut than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington $47.86 · 22nd of 51
CT $158WY $19.95

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.