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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Michigan 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?

$3,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$437$219 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,333Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $437

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
$512.86
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 50

$3,527

$437 physician + $3,090 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.