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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Utah 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?

$20,342

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20,342 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $19,953 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$389$302 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$19,953$3,631 to $39,811

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19,953 · 10th to 90th $759 to $63,096Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $56 to $776
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $19,953professional $389

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
$758.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31,622.78
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,884.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35,481.34
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$64,565.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$74,131.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
7 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
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$95,499.26

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 51

$20,342

$389 physician + $19,953 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.