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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$324 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,585 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,318Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $437

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,466.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,073.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 37th of 50

$3,128

$437 physician + $2,692 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.