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Placement of an Extra Deep Brain Stimulator Lead

Montana rates for HCPCS 61868

Places an additional stimulator lead into a deep target inside the brain during the same operation, so a second area can be stimulated. The lead is guided precisely to its target through a small opening in the skull. It is billed in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement of an Extra Deep Brain Stimulator Lead cost?

$1,571

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$513 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$776 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $724 to $955Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $79 to $871
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $776

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 28.7 times more in Alabama than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 41st of 51

$1,571

$776 physician + $794 facility

AL $30,907DE $1,077

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.