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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 October 2026.

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

$5,192

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,023$631 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$437 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $331 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $316 to $7,762
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $4,169professional $1,023

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$12,302.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,128.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,952.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$53,703.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,606.93
12 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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 31st of 51

$5,192

$1,023 physician + $4,169 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.