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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$42.66$38.02 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$41.69 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $41 to $525Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $63
$50$100$200$500facility $59professional $43

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
$41.69
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th 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.