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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Nebraska 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?

$7,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$724$550 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,884 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $26,915Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,943
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,310professional $724

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$63,095.73
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$28,183.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$20,417.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
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
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 24th of 51

$7,034

$724 physician + $6,310 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.