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Removal Of A Cranial Nerve Stimulator System

Virginia 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?

$5,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$708 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,042 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $813 to $15,488Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $813

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
$831.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
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
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$5,599

$813 physician + $4,786 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.