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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

North Carolina 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?

$4,393

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,393 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$851 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,089 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $1,230

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
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
10 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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$4,393

$1,230 physician + $3,162 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.