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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Arkansas 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?

$2,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$229 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$794 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $275 to $12,023Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,399
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $389

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
$251.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 44th of 50

$2,087

$389 physician + $1,698 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.