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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Virginia 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?

$12,084

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$537 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$1,622 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $603 to $53,703Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $490 to $977
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $11,482professional $603

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
$724.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48,977.88
Median
$63,095.73
Typical High
$67,608.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$42,657.95
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$64,565.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 26th of 51

$12,084

$603 physician + $11,482 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.