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Implantable Neurostimulator, Pulse Generator

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L8679

Implantable neurostimulator, pulse generator, any type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implantable Neurostimulator, Pulse Generator cost?

$7,943

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,079 from a physician practice, and about $10,000 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,079$4,786 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,000$8,511 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $17,783Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $52,481
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $10,000professional $7,079

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$29,512.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$52,480.75
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$29,512.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Montana than in New York. 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$7,943

MT $10,715NY $4,169

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.