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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Maryland 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?

$692

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $537 to $9,550.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $468 to $43,652Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $562

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
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
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$692

OK $7,943UT $398

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.