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Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes

Oklahoma 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?

$5,623

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 5 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$1,023$871 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$1,778 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,023

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
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 2nd of 51

$5,623

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.