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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Colorado 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 7 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$38.02 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$40.74 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $38 to $933Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $35 to $66
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $48professional $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
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$125.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$41.69

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.