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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

New York 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 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 9 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$19.05 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$18.20 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $71Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $16 to $60
$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $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
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$60.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$109.65
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.42
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43

Where New York 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 York· 20th of 51

$31.62

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.