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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 July 2026.

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

$3,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$661$380 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,148 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $550 to $13,183Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,311
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $661

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
$524.81
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$44,668.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$3,231

$661 physician + $2,570 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.