Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $20,097 per procedure at 469 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $18,731 and $20,939.
Also known as: Spinal cord stimulator, nerve stimulator
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $20,097
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $18,731–$20,939
- Medicare’s share
- $18,465
- Average billed charge
- $97,214
- Hospitals reporting
- 469
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467 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 301–350. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | 31 | $20,234 | About average | $18,602 | $177,167 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System | 14 | $20,234 | About average | $18,602 | $98,024 |
| Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital | 11 | $20,234 | About average | $18,602 | $64,660 |
| St Luke's Hospital At The Vintage | 11 | $20,234 | About average | $18,602 | $168,474 |
| St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center | 19 | $20,244 | About average | $18,599 | $87,944 |
| Emory University Hospital | 49 | $20,252 | About average | $18,620 | $51,144 |
| Ngmc Barrow, LLC | 13 | $20,252 | About average | $18,620 | $125,076 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | 33 | $20,252 | About average | $18,620 | $73,364 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | 23 | $20,252 | About average | $18,620 | $77,598 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | 22 | $20,252 | About average | $18,620 | $111,384 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc | 11 | $20,252 | About average | $18,620 | $111,386 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital | 42 | $20,263 | About average | $18,628 | $133,565 |
| Temple University Hospital | 22 | $20,284 | About average | $18,652 | $169,642 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 28 | $20,338 | About average | $18,706 | $60,493 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | 41 | $20,366 | About average | $18,734 | $82,489 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter | 18 | $20,370 | About average | $18,738 | $82,089 |
| Lmh | 14 | $20,410 | About average | $18,778 | $101,401 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 61 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $81,979 |
| Billings Clinic Hospital | 22 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $33,654 |
| CHI St Alexius Health | 33 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $72,712 |
| Great Falls Clinic Hospital | 11 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $80,695 |
| Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital | 20 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $83,956 |
| Same Day Surgery Center LLC | 11 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $74,346 |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 32 | $20,459 | About average | $18,827 | $58,002 |
| St. Patrick Hospital | 22 | $20,459 | About average | $18,822 | $37,889 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | 19 | $20,462 | About average | $18,830 | $50,808 |
| Virginia Hospital Center | 11 | $20,462 | About average | $18,830 | $75,194 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | 26 | $20,462 | About average | $18,827 | $66,004 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Midland | 16 | $20,490 | About average | $18,858 | $32,911 |
| Chelsea Hospital | 17 | $20,517 | About average | $18,885 | $41,323 |
| Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital Milwaukee | 14 | $20,533 | About average | $18,901 | $116,896 |
| Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital | 23 | $20,533 | About average | $18,901 | $70,644 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical Center | 28 | $20,540 | About average | $18,908 | $223,933 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | 22 | $20,541 | About average | $18,909 | $148,617 |
| Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center | 12 | $20,558 | About average | $18,926 | $49,064 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital | 11 | $20,592 | About average | $18,960 | $137,468 |
| Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital | 12 | $20,593 | About average | $18,941 | $56,980 |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | 21 | $20,717 | About average | $19,083 | $72,228 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | 41 | $20,744 | About average | $19,112 | $98,859 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | 19 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $162,448 |
| Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland Campus | 13 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $101,323 |
| Boulder Community Health | 12 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $113,305 |
| Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services | 25 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $146,797 |
| Community Hospital | 14 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $63,011 |
| Parkview Medical Center, Inc | 23 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $70,250 |
| University Of Colorado Hospital Authority | 49 | $20,772 | About average | $19,140 | $173,372 |
| Reid Health | 13 | $20,831 | About average | $19,199 | $39,361 |
| Mercy Hospital | 15 | $20,858 | About average | $19,210 | $63,339 |
| Exeter Hospital Inc | 11 | $20,921 | About average | $19,289 | $42,020 |
| St. George Regional Hospital | 12 | $20,935 | About average | $19,303 | $57,363 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $28K | $118K |
| 2021 | $20K | $88K |
| 2022 | $20K | $89K |
| 2023 | $21K | $94K |
| 2024 | $20K | $97K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 46 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 1 | 12 | $3,280 | $3,280–$3,280 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 73 | $16,706 | $15,609–$18,530 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 109 | $17,342 | $17,258–$17,748 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 438 | $17,821 | $17,481–$18,599 |
| Alabama | 10 | 276 | $17,873 | $17,911–$18,368 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 248 | $18,196 | $17,465–$18,755 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 100 | $18,272 | $17,824–$18,275 |
| Iowa | 6 | 125 | $18,324 | $18,225–$18,742 |
| South Carolina | 16 | 418 | $18,452 | $18,435–$18,830 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | 279 | $18,681 | $18,668–$18,803 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 262 | $18,687 | $18,230–$19,249 |
| Missouri | 11 | 310 | $18,776 | $18,520–$19,081 |
| Ohio | 28 | 625 | $18,870 | $18,571–$19,105 |
| Utah | 4 | 75 | $18,884 | $18,254–$19,896 |
| Kansas | 11 | 273 | $18,897 | $18,633–$19,059 |
| Michigan | 14 | 271 | $19,050 | $18,481–$19,478 |
| Indiana | 14 | 310 | $19,213 | $18,892–$19,789 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 37 | $19,223 | $19,160–$19,315 |
| Texas | 32 | 671 | $19,231 | $18,936–$19,639 |
| North Carolina | 17 | 403 | $19,241 | $18,992–$19,609 |
| Idaho | 2 | 48 | $19,264 | $18,996–$19,424 |
| Virginia | 13 | 312 | $19,285 | $18,791–$20,462 |
| Georgia | 19 | 415 | $19,332 | $18,533–$20,252 |
| Maine | 2 | 51 | $19,373 | $19,197–$19,564 |
| Florida | 33 | 812 | $19,623 | $19,767–$19,767 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 67 | $19,665 | $19,665–$19,665 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | 426 | $19,801 | $19,304–$21,088 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | 150 | $19,892 | $19,686–$20,493 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 178 | $20,464 | $20,305–$20,821 |
| Illinois | 14 | 332 | $20,566 | $20,167–$21,103 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 207 | $20,621 | $19,505–$21,507 |
| Colorado | 8 | 176 | $20,664 | $20,772–$20,772 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 76 | $20,669 | $20,459–$21,184 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 70 | $20,968 | $20,594–$21,309 |
| Montana | 6 | 120 | $21,002 | $20,459–$21,546 |
| Arizona | 12 | 246 | $21,031 | $21,277–$21,277 |
| Delaware | 2 | 56 | $21,891 | $21,891–$21,891 |
| Washington | 10 | 211 | $22,062 | $21,899–$22,430 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 13 | $22,324 | $22,324–$22,324 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 168 | $23,200 | $22,841–$23,434 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 318 | $23,334 | $23,431–$23,431 |
| Nevada | 1 | 46 | $23,366 | $23,366–$23,366 |
| Oregon | 4 | 68 | $23,429 | $21,223–$23,791 |
| New York | 16 | 490 | $23,821 | $23,132–$24,575 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 109 | $24,483 | $24,390–$24,573 |
| California | 21 | 437 | $27,815 | $26,818–$27,189 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.