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

Implanting or replacing a spinal nerve stimulator battery

CPT 63685the billing code this page is about

Surgical placement or replacement of the implanted pulse generator or receiver that powers a spinal cord stimulator; the electrodes themselves are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $9,421 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 981 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $13,949. Most fall between $1,170 and $40,291 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
981
States
49
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 981 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
$757$1,610$9,421$34,811$58,453

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 77× what the cheapest tenth charges ($757 vs $58,453).

How the prices are spread

$612 – $999: 126 hospitals$612$999 – $1,630: 71 hospitals$1,630 – $2,660: 66 hospitals$1,630$2,660 – $4,340: 52 hospitals$4,340 – $7,080: 74 hospitals$4,340$7,080 – $11,552: 71 hospitals$11,552 – $18,848: 83 hospitals$11,552$18,848 – $30,751: 116 hospitals$30,751 – $50,171: 147 hospitals$30,751$50,171 – $81,857: 77 hospitals$50,171median $9,421price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (883 of 981 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$612$999126
$999$1,63071
$1,630$2,66066
$2,660$4,34052
$4,340$7,08074
$7,080$11,55271
$11,552$18,84883
$18,848$30,751116
$30,751$50,171147
$50,171$81,85777

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$31,526
Median cash price$9,421
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.30×

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 $9,421.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,485 across 25 hospitalsWA$5,485Idaho: median $15,811 across 14 hospitalsID$15,811Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,901 across 27 hospitalsMN$3,901Illinois: median $2,541 across 40 hospitalsIL$2,541Wisconsin: median $1,771 across 39 hospitalsWI$1,771Michigan: median $1,885 across 46 hospitalsMI$1,885New York: median $36,061 across 53 hospitalsNY$36,061Massachusetts: median $30,182 across 11 hospitalsMA$30,182Oregon: median $968 across 15 hospitalsOR$968Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 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 $883 across 30 hospitalsIA$883Indiana: median $2,536 across 35 hospitalsIN$2,536Ohio: median $14,834 across 84 hospitalsOH$14,834Pennsylvania: median $14,621 across 18 hospitalsPA$14,621New Jersey: median $33,304 across 35 hospitalsNJ$33,304Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $23,262 across 49 hospitalsCA$23,262Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $14,204 across 19 hospitalsCO$14,204Nebraska: median $2,840 across 27 hospitalsNE$2,840Missouri: median $12,183 across 32 hospitalsMO$12,183Kentucky: median $15,075 across 20 hospitalsKY$15,075West Virginia: median $5,998 across 16 hospitalsWV$5,998Virginia: median $26,380 across 14 hospitalsVA$26,380Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,858 across 18 hospitalsAZ$1,858New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,873 across 18 hospitalsKS$1,873Arkansas: median $3,288 across 12 hospitalsAR$3,288Tennessee: median $10,992 across 13 hospitalsTN$10,992North Carolina: median $7,784 across 19 hospitalsNC$7,784South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $7,177 across 24 hospitalsOK$7,177Louisiana: median $11,743 across 20 hospitalsLA$11,743Mississippi: median $23,206 across 14 hospitalsMS$23,206Alabama: median $18,398 across 10 hospitalsAL$18,398Georgia: median $4,390 across 36 hospitalsGA$4,390Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $24,062 across 63 hospitalsTX$24,062Florida: median $45,926 across 21 hospitalsFL$45,926
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $9,421. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL21$45,926+387%$32,887 – $48,985
New York NY53$36,061+283%$1,018 – $41,350
New Jersey NJ35$33,304+254%$4,881 – $39,925
Massachusetts MA11$30,182+220%$2,494 – $34,811
Virginia VA14$26,380+180%$11,498 – $138,106
Texas TX63$24,062+155%$15,536 – $65,198
California CA49$23,262+147%$8,864 – $24,714
Mississippi MS14$23,206+146%$4,990 – $27,361
Alabama AL10$18,398+95%$9,171 – $48,870
Idaho ID14$15,811+68%$3,850 – $33,299
Kentucky KY20$15,075+60%$622 – $94,917
Ohio OH84$14,834+57%$1,583 – $44,726
Pennsylvania PA18$14,621+55%$2,331 – $62,335
Colorado CO19$14,204+51%$725 – $85,568
Missouri MO32$12,183+29%$705 – $46,343
Louisiana LA20$11,743+25%$2,395 – $20,826
Tennessee TN13$10,992+17%$541 – $41,581
North Carolina NC19$7,784−17%$6,713 – $18,009
Oklahoma OK24$7,177−24%$757 – $47,267
West Virginia WV16$5,998−36%$2,251 – $37,319
Washington WA25$5,485−42%$889 – $9,421
Georgia GA36$4,390−53%$3,047 – $6,905
Minnesota MN27$3,901−59%$828 – $17,569
Arkansas AR12$3,288−65%$1,676 – $19,643
Nebraska NE27$2,840−70%$875 – $18,160
Illinois IL40$2,541−73%$883 – $14,517
Indiana IN35$2,536−73%$692 – $27,293
Michigan MI46$1,885−80%$770 – $54,860
Kansas KS18$1,873−80%$556 – $29,071
Arizona AZ18$1,858−80%$1,530 – $35,376
Wisconsin WI39$1,771−81%$1,610 – $7,473
Oregon OR15$968−90%$625 – $1,190
Iowa IA30$883−91%$762 – $1,854
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not 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 ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $9,421.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care783$14,026$1,652 – $41,935
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access186$1,886$770 – $20,421
Ownership
For-profit106$18,989$2,521 – $48,985
Government160$7,784$823 – $36,061
Non-profit710$9,480$1,190 – $39,925
System affiliation
Part of a system785$11,498$1,591 – $41,350
Independent196$5,296$755 – $34,934

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$13,431
Median cash price$9,421
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

565 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,628 and the average of the middle 60% is $12,662; most fall between $891 and $36,000.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 565 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
$674$1,283$8,628$29,286$57,423

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 85× what the cheapest tenth charges ($674 vs $57,423).

Of the 635 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 565 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

981 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,106 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted981
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here83
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded11
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded31
Hospitals that filed this code1,106

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 Insj/Rplcmt Spinal Npg/Rcvr Pocket Crtj&Connj.

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, “Implanting or replacing a spinal nerve stimulator battery (CPT 63685) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63685-implanting-or-replacing-a-spinal-nerve-stimulator-battery