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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Idaho 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?

$10,727

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,727 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$794 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$3,020 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $30,903Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,333
$100$1K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $955

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$35,481.34
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,943.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$9,332.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$11,748.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$44,668.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,762.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,481.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,019.95
23 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
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,265.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 11th of 51

$10,727

$955 physician + $9,772 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.