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Placement Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator Electrode

Utah 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?

$3,939

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,939 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$776$288 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,239 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $229 to $7,586Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $219 to $8,128
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $776

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
$229.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$37,153.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$7,079.46
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Utah 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

Utah· 26th of 50

$3,939

$776 physician + $3,162 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.