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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Montana 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$50.12$38.90 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$64.57 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $41 to $87Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $36 to $105
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $66professional $50

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$158.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$51.29

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.