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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

New Mexico 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?

$28,892

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28,892 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $28,184 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$550 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$28,184$7,586 to $60,256

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28,184 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $100,000Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $427 to $977
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $28,184professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$114,815.36
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$46,773.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$38,904.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 5th of 51

$28,892

$708 physician + $28,184 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.