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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

North Carolina 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?

$1,255

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$479$309 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$372 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,710Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,571
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $776professional $479

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
$316.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$48,977.88
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$31,622.78

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 50th of 50

$1,255

$479 physician + $776 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.