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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

South Dakota 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$52.48$38.90 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$38.90 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $35 to $4,266Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $36 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $54professional $52

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
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$165.96
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$52.48

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.