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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array cost?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $4,898.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,000
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$64,565.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$64,565.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$63,095.73

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $3,020 · 36th of 50
ME $63,096ND $851

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.