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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

Louisiana 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?

$4,631

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,000$832 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,630 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,000

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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$4,631

$1,000 physician + $3,631 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.