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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Illinois 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?

$2,855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$813$355 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$977 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $389 to $10,000Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,248
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $813

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
$389.05
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,897.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 39th of 50

$2,855

$813 physician + $2,042 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.