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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Tennessee 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?

$11,440

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,715 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$724$550 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,715$4,467 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $34,674Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $479 to $13,490
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,715professional $724

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$11,440

$724 physician + $10,715 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.