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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

North Dakota 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?

$3,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,148$479 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$355 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $195 to $8,710
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,148

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
$354.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 36th of 50

$3,143

$1,148 physician + $1,995 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.