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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Georgia 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?

$3,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$372 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$912 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $417 to $12,023Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,236professional $617

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
$630.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$9,332.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$3,853

$617 physician + $3,236 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.