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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 October 2026.

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

$6,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$603$257 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,818 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $19,498Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,786
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,623professional $603

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
$380.19
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$977.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,344.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$5,011.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
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
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$676.08

Where Florida 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

Florida· 27th of 51

$6,226

$603 physician + $5,623 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.