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Implantable Neurostimulator, Pulse Generator

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8679

Implantable neurostimulator, pulse generator, any type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implantable Neurostimulator, Pulse Generator cost?

$9,772

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9,550 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9,550$7,413 to $12,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$8,710 to $30,200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $8,710 to $44,668Professionalmedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $15,136
$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $10,965professional $9,550

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
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$89,125.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$15,135.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$85,113.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$44,668.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$9,772

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.