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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

Delaware rates for HCPCS 64570

Takes out a previously implanted nerve-stimulation system that works through one of the nerves coming directly off the brain. Both parts are removed: the electrode wrapped around the nerve in the neck, and the battery-powered generator sitting under the skin of the chest.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System cost?

$3,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$617 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,042 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,012Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Delaware· 44th of 51

$3,479

$661 physician + $2,818 facility

CO $9,511KY $2,029

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.