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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$15,711

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,711 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,136 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$407 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$7,079 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $35,481Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,715
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $15,136professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$44,668.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,128.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,311.31
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 18.4 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$15,711

$575 physician + $15,136 facility

AL $30,876MT $1,679

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.