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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Alaska rates for HCPCS 95981

This is a follow-up check of an implanted stomach nerve stimulator, a small device used to treat severe, hard-to-control nausea and vomiting caused by a slow-emptying stomach (gastroparesis). The device's settings and battery status are reviewed, but no changes are made to the stimulation program during this visit. It's typically done in a clinic setting using a handheld device that communicates with the implant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$33.88$18.62 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$22.91 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $16 to $117
$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $34

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$177.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in Hawaii. 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.

Alaska· 11th of 51

$34.67

MN $41.69HI $23.44

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.