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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

South Carolina 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?

$5,355

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$269 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$646 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $324 to $22,909Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $457

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
$457.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 16th of 50

$5,355

$457 physician + $4,898 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.