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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Michigan 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 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 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$42.66$38.90 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$46.77 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $44 to $251Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $63
$50$100$200facility $48professional $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
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 20th of 51

$43.65

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.