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

Revising or removing a spinal nerve stimulator battery

CPT 63688the billing code this page is about

Surgery to reposition, repair, or take out the implanted pulse generator or receiver of a spinal cord stimulator system.

Hospitals typically charge $3,543 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 886 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,525. Most fall between $908 and $7,292 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
886
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 886 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
$595$1,229$3,543$6,136$11,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($595 vs $11,738).

How the prices are spread

$441 – $629: 64 hospitals$441$629 – $896: 65 hospitals$896 – $1,278: 63 hospitals$896$1,278 – $1,822: 64 hospitals$1,822 – $2,598: 53 hospitals$1,822$2,598 – $3,704: 103 hospitals$3,704 – $5,281: 163 hospitals$3,704$5,281 – $7,529: 99 hospitals$7,529 – $10,736: 63 hospitals$7,529$10,736 – $15,307: 61 hospitals$10,736median $3,543price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (798 of 886 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$441$62964
$629$89665
$896$1,27863
$1,278$1,82264
$1,822$2,59853
$2,598$3,704103
$3,704$5,281163
$5,281$7,52999
$7,529$10,73663
$10,736$15,30761

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,572
Median cash price$3,543
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.99×

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 $3,543.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,670 across 15 hospitalsWA$4,670Idaho: median $8,735 across 15 hospitalsID$8,735Montana: 5 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 $2,083 across 27 hospitalsMN$2,083Illinois: median $2,169 across 37 hospitalsIL$2,169Wisconsin: median $1,826 across 37 hospitalsWI$1,826Michigan: median $1,499 across 36 hospitalsMI$1,499New York: median $4,070 across 58 hospitalsNY$4,070Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $913 across 15 hospitalsOR$913Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $908 across 28 hospitalsIA$908Indiana: median $717 across 18 hospitalsIN$717Ohio: median $3,945 across 80 hospitalsOH$3,945Pennsylvania: median $2,758 across 33 hospitalsPA$2,758New Jersey: median $4,589 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,589Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,891 across 42 hospitalsCA$7,891Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,362 across 14 hospitalsCO$3,362Nebraska: median $956 across 17 hospitalsNE$956Missouri: median $3,237 across 34 hospitalsMO$3,237Kentucky: median $4,530 across 19 hospitalsKY$4,530West Virginia: median $3,337 across 21 hospitalsWV$3,337Virginia: median $4,121 across 18 hospitalsVA$4,121Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $1,916 across 13 hospitalsAZ$1,916New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,033 across 18 hospitalsKS$2,033Arkansas: median $2,665 across 11 hospitalsAR$2,665Tennessee: median $2,420 across 11 hospitalsTN$2,420North Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $3,012 across 24 hospitalsOK$3,012Louisiana: median $2,946 across 16 hospitalsLA$2,946Mississippi: median $2,720 across 12 hospitalsMS$2,720Alabama: median $3,448 across 10 hospitalsAL$3,448Georgia: median $4,815 across 13 hospitalsGA$4,815Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,394 across 51 hospitalsTX$5,394Florida: median $4,064 across 23 hospitalsFL$4,064
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,543. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID15$8,735+147%$1,242 – $8,735
California CA42$7,891+123%$1,086 – $11,738
Texas TX51$5,394+52%$3,049 – $9,042
Georgia GA13$4,815+36%$2,438 – $6,516
Washington WA15$4,670+32%$824 – $6,407
New Jersey NJ35$4,589+30%$3,807 – $5,419
Kentucky KY19$4,530+28%$623 – $13,809
Virginia VA18$4,121+16%$2,383 – $4,265
New York NY58$4,070+15%$904 – $4,595
Florida FL23$4,064+15%$1,244 – $7,309
Ohio OH80$3,945+11%$1,290 – $7,671
Alabama AL10$3,448−3%$1,975 – $8,780
Colorado CO14$3,362−5%$554 – $9,466
West Virginia WV21$3,337−6%$348 – $8,307
Missouri MO34$3,237−9%$836 – $8,891
Oklahoma OK24$3,012−15%$782 – $7,011
Louisiana LA16$2,946−17%$1,628 – $5,512
Pennsylvania PA33$2,758−22%$228 – $7,035
Mississippi MS12$2,720−23%$1,265 – $10,216
Arkansas AR11$2,665−25%$1,260 – $2,948
Tennessee TN11$2,420−32%$488 – $3,539
Illinois IL37$2,169−39%$769 – $6,297
Minnesota MN27$2,083−41%$777 – $4,475
Kansas KS18$2,033−43%$650 – $4,666
Arizona AZ13$1,916−46%$452 – $4,290
Wisconsin WI37$1,826−48%$1,645 – $5,020
Michigan MI36$1,499−58%$638 – $5,690
Nebraska NE17$956−73%$778 – $2,580
Oregon OR15$913−74%$553 – $1,229
Iowa IA28$908−74%$731 – $6,627
Indiana IN18$717−80%$619 – $7,953
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,543.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care703$4,050$1,024 – $7,797
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access173$1,645$701 – $4,717
Ownership
For-profit100$4,610$1,499 – $12,021
Government127$2,665$777 – $5,629
Non-profit656$3,572$908 – $7,406
System affiliation
Part of a system713$3,814$968 – $7,671
Independent173$2,013$717 – $5,837

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,260
Median cash price$3,543
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

495 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,914 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,017; most fall between $772 and $6,407.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 495 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
$553$908$2,914$5,690$9,042

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($553 vs $9,042).

Of the 539 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 495 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

886 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 970 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted886
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code970

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 Revj/Rmvl Impl Spi Npg/Rcvr Dtch Connj Eltrd Ra.

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, “Revising or removing a spinal nerve stimulator battery (CPT 63688) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63688-revising-or-removing-a-spinal-nerve-stimulator-battery