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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64553

This is a procedure to place a thin wire electrode near a nerve that runs directly from the brain, such as the vagus nerve, by passing it through the skin rather than through an open incision. The electrode connects to a stimulator device that delivers gentle electrical pulses to help treat certain conditions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode cost?

$2,675

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$347 to $10,965
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$339 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $219 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $170 to $15,488
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $813professional $1,862

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$15,488.17
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 24.4 times more in Indiana than in North Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 40th of 50

$2,675

$1,862 physician + $813 facility

IN $30,589NC $1,255

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.