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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Mississippi 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?

$3,270

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$871$372 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$891 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,000Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $166 to $8,128
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $871

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
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 33rd of 50

$3,270

$871 physician + $2,399 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.