go back

Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Minnesota 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?

$14,541

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,541 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,303 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$2,239$1,000 to $8,913
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,303$2,818 to $29,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $513 to $37,154Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $562 to $13,183
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $12,303professional $2,239

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
$380.19
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$56,234.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$38,018.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$29,512.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$39,810.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 4th of 50

$14,541

$2,239 physician + $12,303 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.