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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 $28.18 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$25.70$16.98 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$17.78 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $37Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $42
$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd 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.