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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

New Hampshire 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?

$9,846

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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$933$490 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$741 to $41,687

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $575 to $47,863Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $229 to $9,772
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,913professional $933

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
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$63,095.73
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 7th of 50

$9,846

$933 physician + $8,913 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.