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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Michigan 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?

$27,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $26,303 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$562 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$26,303$4,677 to $28,840

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26,303 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $40,738Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,096
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $26,303professional $708

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
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$45,708.82
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$19,952.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
12 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
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 6th of 51

$27,011

$708 physician + $26,303 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.