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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Alabama rates for HCPCS 61885

Surgery to place or replace the pulse generator or receiver unit of a cranial stimulation system. The charge covers a unit connected to one electrode array; the connection may be made directly or by inductive coupling, a link that works without a direct wire.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array cost?

$12,589

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,589 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $31,623.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,589 · 10th to 90th $933 to $39,811
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $12,589

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
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$45,708.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$69,183.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$21,877.62

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Alabama· 9th of 50

$12,589

ME $63,096ND $851

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.