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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Rhode Island 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?

$5,133

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$251 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,549 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,804Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,677
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $562

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
3 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
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$5,133

$562 physician + $4,571 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.