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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Nevada 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?

$12,572

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,572 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$550$525 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$5,129 to $30,200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $40,738Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $457 to $912
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $550

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
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$45,708.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$41,686.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29,512.09
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$29,512.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
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
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$12,572

$550 physician + $12,023 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.