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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Georgia 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?

$6,007

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$603 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,202 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $562 to $35,481Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$588.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$41,686.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$6,007

$759 physician + $5,248 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.