go back

Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Arizona 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 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 5 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$25.70$16.98 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$19.95 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $16 to $98Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $44
$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $26

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 50th of 51

$25.70

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.