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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 July 2026.

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

$11,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,715 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$490$363 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,715$3,236 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $437 to $44,668Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,715
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $10,715professional $490

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
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$61,659.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$40,738.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,128.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 50

$11,205

$490 physician + $10,715 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.