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Placement of a Brain Surface Electrode Grid

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 61533

Brain surgery in which a section of the skull is lifted so a sheet of recording electrodes can be laid directly onto the surface of the brain. The electrodes stay in place for days afterwards so that seizures can be recorded and their starting point pinpointed. The skull is closed with the wires led out through the scalp.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of a Brain Surface Electrode Grid cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$2,138$1,585 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,622 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $2,138

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
$1,479.11
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$2,138

CA $8,318KY $1,479

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.