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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

North Carolina 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$40.74$37.15 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$39.81 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $39 to $245Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $33 to $87
$50$100$200facility $47professional $41

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
$54.95
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$41.69

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.