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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

New Mexico 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?

$6,366

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$871$646 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,818 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $18,197Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,175
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $871

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
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 7th of 51

$6,366

$871 physician + $5,495 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.