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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 4 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$51.29$40.74 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$75.86 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $72 to $457Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $35 to $56
$50$100$200$500facility $83professional $51

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 8th 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.