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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

South 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?

$3,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$724$589 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$794 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $562 to $16,596Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,096
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $724

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
$851.14
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
8 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
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97

Where South 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

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$3,744

$724 physician + $3,020 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.