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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Arizona 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?

$3,488

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$219 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,738 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,715
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $398

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 31st of 50

$3,488

$398 physician + $3,090 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.