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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Hawaii 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?

$4,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,388$479 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$813 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $3,090Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $30 to $5,129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $3,388

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,801.89
2 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
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 37th of 51

$4,343

$3,388 physician + $955 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.