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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 October 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode cost?

$5,691

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,691 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$562$316 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,399 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $955 to $14,454Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $209 to $26,303
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,548.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$42,657.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$5,691

$562 physician + $5,129 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.