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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Kansas 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?

$22,636

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,636 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $21,878 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$617 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$21,878$6,310 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21,878 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $32,359Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,818
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $21,878professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$38,018.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 9th of 51

$22,636

$759 physician + $21,878 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.