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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Alabama rates for HCPCS 95976

This service checks and adjusts the settings of an implanted device that sends electrical pulses to a nerve in the head or neck area, such as one used to help manage seizures or certain other chronic conditions. It's a more basic level of adjustment than a complex reprogramming session. It's done externally using a wireless programming device, without any incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$37.15 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$204 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $47 to $363Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $35 to $51
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $41

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$42.66

MN $79.43DC $37.15

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.