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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Utah 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$47.86$40.74 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$47.86 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $48 to $288Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $36 to $95
$50$100$200facility $49professional $48

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
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 14th of 51

$47.86

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.