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Complex Reprogramming Of An Implanted Nerve Stimulator

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 95972

This service involves a detailed, in-depth session to check and adjust the settings of an implanted device that sends electrical pulses to the spinal cord or a peripheral nerve, most often used to manage chronic pain. It involves more extensive adjustment than a basic check, such as reconfiguring multiple settings to fine-tune symptom relief. It's performed by a trained clinician using an external programming device, without any incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complex Reprogramming Of An Implanted Nerve Stimulator cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $186 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$54.95 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$115 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $55 to $692Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $43 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $186professional $81

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
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Rhode Island than in Washington, DC. 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· 2nd of 51

$87.10

RI $95.50DC $51.29

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.