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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Delaware 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?

$3,761

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$363 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$3,236 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,550Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $288 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $525

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 28th of 50

$3,761

$525 physician + $3,236 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.