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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Oklahoma 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?

$7,019

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$562$339 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$1,380 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $631 to $17,783Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $562

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
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 12th of 50

$7,019

$562 physician + $6,457 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.