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Checking A Stomach Nerve Stimulator Without Adjustment

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$28.18$17.78 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$25.70 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $18 to $380Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $16 to $44
$20$50$100$200$500facility $43professional $28

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
$38.90
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st 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.