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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Louisiana 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?

$11,945

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,945 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$513 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$2,818 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $933 to $27,542Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,370
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $11,220professional $724

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$38,904.51
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$11,945

$724 physician + $11,220 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.