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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures

Open placement of a sacral nerve stimulator electrode

CPT 64581the billing code this page is about

Surgery through an incision to implant a stimulating electrode on the sacral nerve.

Hospitals typically charge $4,190 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 615 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,862. Most fall between $1,379 and $15,131 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
615
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 615 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
$966$1,538$4,190$11,862$31,036

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 32× what the cheapest tenth charges ($966 vs $31,036).

How the prices are spread

$744 – $1,116: 62 hospitals$744$1,116 – $1,673: 85 hospitals$1,673 – $2,508: 56 hospitals$1,673$2,508 – $3,760: 61 hospitals$3,760 – $5,638: 33 hospitals$3,760$5,638 – $8,452: 76 hospitals$8,452 – $12,673: 66 hospitals$8,452$12,673 – $19,001: 46 hospitals$19,001 – $28,488: 27 hospitals$19,001$28,488 – $42,712: 43 hospitals$28,488median $4,190price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (555 of 615 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$744$1,11662
$1,116$1,67385
$1,673$2,50856
$2,508$3,76061
$3,760$5,63833
$5,638$8,45276
$8,452$12,67366
$12,673$19,00146
$19,001$28,48827
$28,488$42,71243

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,511
Median cash price$4,190
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.64×

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 $4,190.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals 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: median $8,811 across 10 hospitalsID$8,811Montana: 5 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 $3,524 across 21 hospitalsMN$3,524Illinois: median $2,060 across 28 hospitalsIL$2,060Wisconsin: median $3,189 across 30 hospitalsWI$3,189Michigan: median $1,493 across 38 hospitalsMI$1,493New York: median $7,766 across 46 hospitalsNY$7,766Massachusetts: median $20,378 across 10 hospitalsMA$20,378Oregon: median $2,163 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,163Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $1,670 across 27 hospitalsIA$1,670Indiana: median $920 across 17 hospitalsIN$920Ohio: median $11,862 across 41 hospitalsOH$11,862Pennsylvania: median $7,246 across 29 hospitalsPA$7,246New Jersey: median $7,264 across 33 hospitalsNJ$7,264Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $15,131 across 36 hospitalsCA$15,131Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,654 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,654Missouri: median $6,711 across 12 hospitalsMO$6,711Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $8,295 across 11 hospitalsVA$8,295Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $4,577 across 11 hospitalsTN$4,577North Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,089 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,089Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,711 across 10 hospitalsAL$6,711Georgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,359 across 26 hospitalsTX$7,359Florida: median $14,827 across 19 hospitalsFL$14,827
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,190. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA10$20,378+386%$6,218 – $20,378
California CA36$15,131+261%$5,107 – $15,131
Florida FL19$14,827+254%$10,650 – $27,553
Ohio OH41$11,862+183%$4,899 – $58,451
Idaho ID10$8,811+110%$3,771 – $11,099
Virginia VA11$8,295+98%$6,994 – $69,568
New York NY46$7,766+85%$1,610 – $41,350
Texas TX26$7,359+76%$6,370 – $9,085
New Jersey NJ33$7,264+73%$5,110 – $24,882
Pennsylvania PA29$7,246+73%$425 – $11,882
Alabama AL10$6,711+60%$1,921 – $23,417
Missouri MO12$6,711+60%$1,067 – $45,077
Tennessee TN11$4,577+9%$857 – $8,991
Minnesota MN21$3,524−16%$1,580 – $3,524
Wisconsin WI30$3,189−24%$3,056 – $4,190
Oregon OR13$2,163−48%$1,199 – $2,163
Illinois IL28$2,060−51%$1,180 – $18,557
Iowa IA27$1,670−60%$1,670 – $2,093
Nebraska NE15$1,654−61%$1,255 – $2,525
Michigan MI38$1,493−64%$1,250 – $8,763
Oklahoma OK16$1,089−74%$1,089 – $14,626
Indiana IN17$920−78%$744 – $10,870
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not 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 $4,190.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care493$7,264$1,379 – $18,450
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access115$2,193$1,261 – $3,833
Ownership
For-profit66$10,351$1,676 – $25,500
Government94$2,101$1,180 – $7,766
Non-profit453$4,190$1,472 – $15,131
System affiliation
Part of a system492$5,980$1,493 – $17,646
Independent123$2,043$1,067 – $8,707

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,464
Median cash price$4,190
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

304 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,640 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,208; most fall between $1,089 and $10,650.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 304 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
$766$1,179$2,640$9,085$15,131

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($766 vs $15,131).

Of the 333 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 304 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 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

615 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 680 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted615
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code680

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 Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Open Implantation Nea Sacral Nerve.

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 placement of a sacral nerve stimulator electrode (CPT 64581) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64581-open-placement-of-a-sacral-nerve-stimulator-electrode