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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Louisiana 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?

$22,138

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,138 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $21,380 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$631 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$21,380$10,965 to $36,308

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21,380 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $38,019Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $21,380professional $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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$47,863.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$41,686.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$22,138

$759 physician + $21,380 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.