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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Massachusetts 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?

$3,064

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$1,479$479 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $229 to $14,791
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $1,479

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
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$35,481.34
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$12,882.50
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$10,232.93
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
7 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
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$3,064

$1,479 physician + $1,585 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.