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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 July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode cost?

$6,462

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$437$257 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,365 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $12,303Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $174 to $4,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $437

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
$1,258.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$58,884.37
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 15th of 50

$6,462

$437 physician + $6,026 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.