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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 October 2026.

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

$3,719

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,719 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$407$269 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,514 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $603 to $13,804Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $195 to $5,012
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $407

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
$416.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$204.17
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 42nd of 51

$3,719

$407 physician + $3,311 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.