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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Iowa 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 8 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$48.98$39.81 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$52.48 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $45 to $105Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $36 to $191
$50$100$200$500facility $55professional $49

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
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$50.12

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.