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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

South Dakota 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?

$6,745

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$794 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$741 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $661 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,623professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$13,489.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$38,018.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 51

$6,745

$1,122 physician + $5,623 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.