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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

Mississippi 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$31.62$20.89 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$30.20 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $18 to $98Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $50
$20$50$100facility $68professional $32

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
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 18th of 51

$32.36

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.