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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Delaware 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?

$11,796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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$575$513 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$7,244 to $25,704

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $776 to $43,652Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $479 to $933
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $11,220professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 27th of 51

$11,796

$575 physician + $11,220 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.