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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Minnesota 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?

$4,049

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,230$933 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,000 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $501 to $19,953Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,138
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,818professional $1,230

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
11 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$79,432.82
Typical High
$147,910.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$4,049

$1,230 physician + $2,818 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.