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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Florida 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?

$7,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$427$234 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,344 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $794 to $16,982Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,236
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $427

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
$645.65
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,951.21
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Florida 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

Florida· 9th of 50

$7,345

$427 physician + $6,918 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.