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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Minnesota 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$38.90$23.44 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$56.23 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $26 to $309Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $17 to $112
$20$50$100$200$500facility $129professional $39

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
$18.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$117.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$41.69

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.