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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

Maine 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?

$3,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$832 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,570 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,310Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $891

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
4 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Maine 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

Maine· 41st of 51

$3,583

$891 physician + $2,692 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.