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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Iowa 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 8 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$35.48$20.89 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$35.48 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $23 to $145Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $35

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$35.48

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.