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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $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 8 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$47.86$39.81 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $36 to $1,479Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $85
$100$1K$10Kfacility $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
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$251.19
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$85.11

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th 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.