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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

South Dakota 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?

$4,564

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$692 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$646 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $331 to $10,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,096

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
$354.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$28,183.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$11,748.98
6 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
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 36th of 51

$4,564

$1,096 physician + $3,467 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.