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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Missouri 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?

$4,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$589$331 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,089 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $851 to $10,000Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,248
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $589

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 50

$4,391

$589 physician + $3,802 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.