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Procedure price report · Insertion of catheter or spinal stimulator and injection into spinal canal

Removal of spinal stimulator wires placed through skin

CPT 63661the billing code this page is about

Taking out one or more previously implanted percutaneous spinal stimulator electrode leads, including any X-ray imaging used during the procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $2,441 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 939 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,728. Most fall between $1,121 and $5,073 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
939
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 939 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$643$1,441$2,441$4,500$7,441

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($643 vs $7,441).

How the prices are spread

$507 – $689: 57 hospitals$507$689 – $937: 53 hospitals$937 – $1,274: 55 hospitals$937$1,274 – $1,733: 69 hospitals$1,733 – $2,356: 160 hospitals$1,733$2,356 – $3,203: 134 hospitals$3,203 – $4,355: 118 hospitals$3,203$4,355 – $5,922: 103 hospitals$5,922 – $8,052: 56 hospitals$5,922$8,052 – $10,948: 43 hospitals$8,052median $2,441price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (848 of 939 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$507$68957
$689$93753
$937$1,27455
$1,274$1,73369
$1,733$2,356160
$2,356$3,203134
$3,203$4,355118
$4,355$5,922103
$5,922$8,05256
$8,052$10,94843

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,995
Median cash price$2,441
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,441.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,434 across 22 hospitalsWA$3,434Idaho: median $5,383 across 14 hospitalsID$5,383Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,933 across 36 hospitalsMN$1,933Illinois: median $2,510 across 43 hospitalsIL$2,510Wisconsin: median $1,817 across 40 hospitalsWI$1,817Michigan: median $1,441 across 34 hospitalsMI$1,441New York: median $1,526 across 43 hospitalsNY$1,526Massachusetts: median $2,624 across 18 hospitalsMA$2,624Oregon: median $2,286 across 24 hospitalsOR$2,286Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,568 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,568Indiana: median $1,059 across 15 hospitalsIN$1,059Ohio: median $3,768 across 83 hospitalsOH$3,768Pennsylvania: median $2,290 across 39 hospitalsPA$2,290New Jersey: median $4,500 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,500Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,137 across 59 hospitalsCA$3,137Utah: median $2,650 across 13 hospitalsUT$2,650Colorado: median $2,641 across 21 hospitalsCO$2,641Nebraska: median $1,589 across 19 hospitalsNE$1,589Missouri: median $2,477 across 37 hospitalsMO$2,477Kentucky: median $1,606 across 12 hospitalsKY$1,606West Virginia: median $2,245 across 23 hospitalsWV$2,245Virginia: median $2,360 across 15 hospitalsVA$2,360Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $2,396 across 12 hospitalsAZ$2,396New Mexico: median $3,562 across 10 hospitalsNM$3,562Kansas: median $1,526 across 19 hospitalsKS$1,526Arkansas: median $2,106 across 10 hospitalsAR$2,106Tennessee: median $1,530 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,530North Carolina: median $2,230 across 13 hospitalsNC$2,230South Carolina: median $2,868 across 12 hospitalsSC$2,868Oklahoma: median $2,936 across 25 hospitalsOK$2,936Louisiana: median $1,544 across 14 hospitalsLA$1,544Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,606 across 14 hospitalsGA$3,606Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,000 across 51 hospitalsTX$4,000Florida: median $6,015 across 14 hospitalsFL$6,015
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,441. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL14$6,015+146%$1,453 – $10,948
Idaho ID14$5,383+120%$1,807 – $13,486
New Jersey NJ33$4,500+84%$2,161 – $5,339
Texas TX51$4,000+64%$2,613 – $7,257
Ohio OH83$3,768+54%$1,971 – $8,758
Georgia GA14$3,606+48%$1,894 – $4,950
New Mexico NM10$3,562+46%$993 – $5,056
Washington WA22$3,434+41%$2,349 – $4,072
California CA59$3,137+28%$1,074 – $6,737
Oklahoma OK25$2,936+20%$802 – $4,083
South Carolina SC12$2,868+17%$2,038 – $4,179
Utah UT13$2,650+9%$2,650 – $2,650
Colorado CO21$2,641+8%$2,149 – $7,333
Massachusetts MA18$2,624+7%$1,697 – $4,461
Illinois IL43$2,510+3%$1,243 – $7,081
Missouri MO37$2,477+1%$1,321 – $8,891
Arizona AZ12$2,396−2%$1,202 – $3,716
Virginia VA15$2,360−3%$219 – $3,746
Pennsylvania PA39$2,290−6%$214 – $3,032
Oregon OR24$2,286−6%$608 – $4,058
West Virginia WV23$2,245−8%$354 – $4,830
North Carolina NC13$2,230−9%$1,118 – $5,229
Arkansas AR10$2,106−14%$996 – $2,334
Minnesota MN36$1,933−21%$1,162 – $4,574
Wisconsin WI40$1,817−26%$1,608 – $4,376
Kentucky KY12$1,606−34%$678 – $3,343
Nebraska NE19$1,589−35%$818 – $3,449
Iowa IA26$1,568−36%$1,109 – $4,583
Louisiana LA14$1,544−37%$719 – $2,874
Tennessee TN10$1,530−37%$822 – $1,907
Kansas KS19$1,526−37%$574 – $2,214
New York NY43$1,526−37%$818 – $2,438
Michigan MI34$1,441−41%$604 – $3,612
Indiana IN15$1,059−57%$543 – $3,913
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,441.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care743$2,650$1,178 – $5,354
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access184$1,836$802 – $4,160
Ownership
For-profit94$2,981$1,185 – $7,731
Government126$2,089$1,033 – $3,612
Non-profit714$2,477$1,131 – $5,134
System affiliation
Part of a system774$2,641$1,297 – $5,321
Independent165$1,879$798 – $3,221

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,461
Median cash price$2,441
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

587 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,438 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,588; most fall between $998 and $4,716.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 587 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$638$1,322$2,438$4,097$6,737

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($638 vs $6,737).

Of the 641 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 587 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

939 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,021 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted939
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded28
Hospitals that filed this code1,021

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Insertion of catheter or spinal stimulator and injection into spinal canal family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl Spinal Nstim Eltrd Prq Array Incl Fluor.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of spinal stimulator wires placed through skin (CPT 63661) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63661-removal-of-spinal-stimulator-wires-placed-through-skin