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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Louisiana 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 6 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$43.65$36.31 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$47.86 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $40 to $107Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $30 to $65
$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $44

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
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$45.71

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.