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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Kentucky 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?

$2,792

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,792 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$501$457 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,175 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $513 to $27,542Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $389 to $851
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $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
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$33,884.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
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
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$2,792

$501 physician + $2,291 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.