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Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61850

A small hole is made in the skull so electrodes for a nerve-stimulation device can be placed on the surface of the brain. The electrodes are connected to a generator that delivers mild electrical pulses intended to control seizures or other symptoms. It is done through a limited scalp incision rather than by opening a large section of skull.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,074$2,512 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,166
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,467professional $4,074

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$4,074

AK $4,074TX $603

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.