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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$36.31$19.95 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$20.42 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $66Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $17 to $102
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $22professional $36

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
$16.60
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$97.72
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$53.70
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$114.82

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th 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.