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Programming Of An Implanted Cranial Nerve Stimulator

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$42.66$37.15 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$39.81 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $36 to $87Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $68
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $45professional $43

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
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th 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.