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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

New Mexico 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?

$5,158

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,158 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$372$178 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$457 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $219 to $31,623Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,074
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $372

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
$724.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$48,977.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 17th of 50

$5,158

$372 physician + $4,786 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.