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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 July 2026.

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

$4,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$398 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$427 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $269 to $30,903Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $229 to $7,244
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,715professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$35,481.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$9,772.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$44,668.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,952.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$165,958.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 24.4 times more in Indiana than in North Carolina. 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· 20th of 50

$4,607

$891 physician + $3,715 facility

IN $30,589NC $1,255

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.