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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 October 2026.

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

$5,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$501$331 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,089 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $18,197Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $191 to $14,454
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $501

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$42,657.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
6 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
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$5,072

$501 physician + $4,571 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.