# CPT 64561

> Medicare paid $829.51 for CPT 64561 in the office (non-facility) setting and $311.07 in a facility under the Q2 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2015, when it increased 2.6%.

## What it is

Placement of a stimulator electrode alongside a sacral nerve, threaded through one of the small openings in the sacrum at the base of the spine, done through the skin with x-ray guidance rather than open surgery. Stimulating these nerves changes the signalling between the bladder, bowel, pelvic floor, and brain. It is the sacral-specific counterpart to peripheral nerve electrode placement, and it covers the lead only, not the pulse generator.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2015 (2015 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $829.51
- Facility national allowed amount: $311.07
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 5.44
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 17.13
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.63
- Malpractice RVU: 0.63
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V0213_Current.csv, row 10,437
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64561/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64561/2015/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:48+00:00