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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

California 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?

$8,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$537 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$1,950 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $776 to $47,863Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,012
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $759

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
$1,949.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,187.76
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$58,884.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where California 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

California· 32nd of 51

$8,344

$759 physician + $7,586 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.