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

Open removal of spinal stimulator paddle electrode

CPT 63662the billing code this page is about

Bone is removed from the back of the spine to take out a previously implanted flat plate or paddle stimulator electrode, including imaging used during the procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $3,678 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 491 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,819. Most fall between $1,736 and $7,307 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
491
States
47
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 491 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
$1,211$2,009$3,678$5,855$10,997

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,211 vs $10,997).

How the prices are spread

$851 – $1,153: 23 hospitals$851$1,153 – $1,561: 36 hospitals$1,561 – $2,114: 57 hospitals$1,561$2,114 – $2,864: 40 hospitals$2,864 – $3,879: 90 hospitals$2,864$3,879 – $5,253: 77 hospitals$5,253 – $7,115: 39 hospitals$5,253$7,115 – $9,636: 31 hospitals$9,636 – $13,052: 36 hospitals$9,636$13,052 – $17,677: 14 hospitals$13,052median $3,678price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (443 of 491 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$851$1,15323
$1,153$1,56136
$1,561$2,11457
$2,114$2,86440
$2,864$3,87990
$3,879$5,25377
$5,253$7,11539
$7,115$9,63631
$9,636$13,05236
$13,052$17,67714

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,572
Median cash price$3,678
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

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 $3,678.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,596 across 20 hospitalsMN$3,596Illinois: median $1,852 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,852Wisconsin: median $3,678 across 16 hospitalsWI$3,678Michigan: median $1,382 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,382New York: median $4,070 across 32 hospitalsNY$4,070Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,009 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,009Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,586 across 19 hospitalsOH$3,586Pennsylvania: median $5,340 across 17 hospitalsPA$5,340New Jersey: median $4,377 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,377Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $10,237 across 27 hospitalsCA$10,237Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $3,051 across 10 hospitalsCO$3,051Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,635 across 15 hospitalsMO$3,635Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $4,336 across 10 hospitalsWV$4,336Virginia: median $2,360 across 12 hospitalsVA$2,360Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $5,233 across 10 hospitalsNM$5,233Kansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $3,213 across 10 hospitalsSC$3,213Oklahoma: median $1,771 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,771Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,494 across 29 hospitalsTX$3,494Florida: median $7,292 across 14 hospitalsFL$7,292
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,678. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$10,237+178%$2,415 – $10,237
Florida FL14$7,292+98%$3,146 – $13,945
Pennsylvania PA17$5,340+45%$1,266 – $7,509
New Mexico NM10$5,233+42%$1,068 – $5,814
New Jersey NJ32$4,377+19%$3,807 – $5,419
West Virginia WV10$4,336+18%$2,532 – $5,796
New York NY32$4,070+11%$2,189 – $4,150
Wisconsin WI16$3,6780%$3,678 – $5,765
Missouri MO15$3,635−1%$1,286 – $16,980
Minnesota MN20$3,596−2%$1,943 – $3,596
Ohio OH19$3,586−3%$3,146 – $13,898
Texas TX29$3,494−5%$3,287 – $4,243
South Carolina SC10$3,213−13%$2,630 – $4,179
Colorado CO10$3,051−17%$1,191 – $9,466
Virginia VA12$2,360−36%$568 – $14,838
Iowa IA21$2,009−45%$1,799 – $2,270
Illinois IL17$1,852−50%$656 – $3,635
Oklahoma OK15$1,771−52%$1,771 – $7,011
Michigan MI27$1,382−62%$1,382 – $4,807
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $3,678.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care423$3,807$1,771 – $8,346
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access64$3,065$1,382 – $5,765
Ownership
For-profit60$3,861$1,451 – $10,087
Government69$3,206$1,326 – $6,416
Non-profit361$3,678$1,771 – $7,509
System affiliation
Part of a system393$3,807$1,771 – $7,509
Independent98$2,839$1,294 – $6,296

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,840
Median cash price$3,678
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

253 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,532 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,964; most fall between $1,285 and $5,814.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 253 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
$693$1,588$2,532$4,950$10,237

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($693 vs $10,237).

Of the 283 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 253 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

491 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 556 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted491
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code556

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 23, 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 Plate/Paddle 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, “Open removal of spinal stimulator paddle electrode (CPT 63662) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63662-open-removal-of-spinal-stimulator-paddle-electrode