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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Nevada 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?

$8,883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$186 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$2,455 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $36,308Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $372

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
$758.58
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$45,708.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$8,317.64
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$13,489.63
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 13th of 51

$8,883

$372 physician + $8,511 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.