go back

Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Minnesota 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$79.43$52.48 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$63.10 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $42 to $295Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $39 to $135
$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $79

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
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$79.43

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.