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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Florida 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?

$7,746

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,746 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$398 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$3,020 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $33,113Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $76 to $955
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $501

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
$549.54
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$17,782.79
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
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
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$7,746

$501 physician + $7,244 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.