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Implant of Vagus Nerve Stimulator

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 64568

Places a nerve stimulator that sends mild electrical pulses to a nerve in the neck. Through incisions in the neck and upper chest, an electrode is wrapped around the nerve and a small pulse generator is implanted under the skin and connected to it. It is used mainly to reduce seizures in epilepsy that medicine has not controlled, and for some cases of hard-to-treat depression.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Implant of Vagus Nerve Stimulator cost?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $4,571.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,380
$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $3,890professional $1,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,762.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$229,086.77

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 87.1 times more in New Mexico than in West Virginia. 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.

Washington, DC· 28th of 50

$3,890

NM $48,978WV $562

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.