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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 October 2026.

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

$30,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $30,200 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$513 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$30,200$10,471 to $30,200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30,200 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $30,200Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $457 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $30,200professional $724

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 24.6 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 3rd of 51

$30,924

$724 physician + $30,200 facility

AK $43,875MT $1,787

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.