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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

Tennessee 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?

$3,911

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,911 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$708 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,698 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,128Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $891

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$3,911

$891 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.