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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Connecticut 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?

$7,141

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,141 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$380$240 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,677 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $77,625Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,884
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $6,761professional $380

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
$3,388.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$77,624.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$74,131.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 10th of 50

$7,141

$380 physician + $6,761 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.