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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Illinois 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?

$17,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,982 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$776$562 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,982$3,388 to $39,811

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $50,119Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,175
$100$1K$10Kfacility $16,982professional $776

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
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$46,773.51
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$17,759

$776 physician + $16,982 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.