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Neurostimulator Recharging System, Internal Battery

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8689

External recharging system for battery (internal) for use with implantable neurostimulator, replacement only

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Neurostimulator Recharging System, Internal Battery cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$977 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,445 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,514
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,445professional $1,202

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Montana than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$1,413

MT $2,239DE $977

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.