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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Colorado 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?

$22,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $21,380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$646 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$21,380$14,791 to $35,481

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21,380 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $50,119Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,259
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $21,380professional $794

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
$812.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$54,954.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$46,773.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$60,255.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 51

$22,174

$794 physician + $21,380 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.