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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 9 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$41.69$37.15 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$50.12 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $41 to $513Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $34 to $72
$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $42

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
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$316.23
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 23rd 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.