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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

New Jersey 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 7 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$36.31 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$43.65 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $28 to $141Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $33 to $60
$50$100$200$500facility $45professional $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
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$40.74

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.