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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Montana 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?

$1,571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$776$355 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$501 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,244Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,761
$100$1K$10Kfacility $794professional $776

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,495.41
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 50

$1,571

$776 physician + $794 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.