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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Maine 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?

$4,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$708$589 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$3,236 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $708 to $50,119Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,388professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Maine 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

Maine· 45th of 51

$4,096

$708 physician + $3,388 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.