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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 9 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$45.71$38.90 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$42.66 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $38 to $98Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $105
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $56professional $46

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
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$114.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$245.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$91.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th 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.