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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Arizona 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?

$5,574

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$501 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,479 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $617 to $33,884Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,490
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,012professional $562

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$33,884.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$5,574

$562 physician + $5,012 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.