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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Tennessee 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?

$3,397

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,397 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$363 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,445 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $794 to $12,303Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,236
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $513

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
$575.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,981.07
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$48,977.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 32nd of 50

$3,397

$513 physician + $2,884 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.