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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Arkansas 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?

$21,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,893 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$603$562 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,893$7,413 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $30,200Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $20,893professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
6 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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 13th of 51

$21,496

$603 physician + $20,893 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.