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Placement Of Brain Surface Stimulator Electrodes

West 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 4 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$891 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$933 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,413Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,413
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$1,023

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.