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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Connecticut 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?

$16,007

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,136 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$871$708 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$4,898 to $36,308

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $61,660Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,288
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,136professional $871

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$74,131.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 20th of 51

$16,007

$871 physician + $15,136 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.