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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

Nebraska 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?

$5,530

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,549$1,202 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,951 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,549

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
2 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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$5,530

$1,549 physician + $3,981 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.