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Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$1,514$1,122 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$2,138 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,514

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.9 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$1,995

CA $7,413KY $933

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.