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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Iowa 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?

$10,481

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$1,148$759 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$2,951 to $35,481

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $54,954Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,585
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $9,333professional $1,148

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
$724.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$58,884.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$45,708.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$13,489.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$54,954.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$81,283.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 30th of 51

$10,481

$1,148 physician + $9,333 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.