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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 6 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 $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$31.62 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $32 to $245Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $35 to $66
$50$100$200facility $59professional $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
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 33rd 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.