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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Nebraska 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?

$12,871

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,871 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,749 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$1,122$891 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,749$3,162 to $32,359

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $46,774Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $603 to $13,490
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $11,749professional $1,122

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$25,118.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$63,095.73
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$48,977.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$39,810.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$13,489.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$51,286.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$12,871

$1,122 physician + $11,749 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.