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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

New Jersey 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?

$6,834

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$245 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,981 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $19,498Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,310professional $525

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,570.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$41,686.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 25th of 51

$6,834

$525 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.