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Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes

Virginia 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 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 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$1,096$1,023 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,479 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$1,288

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.