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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Oregon 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?

$4,148

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,148 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$372 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$398 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $282 to $8,710Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $219 to $9,333
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,236professional $912

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
$1,096.48
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$8,912.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,912.51
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,317.64
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$53,703.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 24th of 50

$4,148

$912 physician + $3,236 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.