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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Iowa 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?

$7,303

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,303 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,549$794 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,291 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $617 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $380 to $11,220
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,549

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
$616.60
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$28,183.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,498.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$7,303

$1,549 physician + $5,754 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.