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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

New Jersey 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 5 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$28.84$17.78 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$30.90 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $200Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $16 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $29

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
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$28.84

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.