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Cranial Stimulator Generator Placement, One Array

Vermont 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?

$6,717

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$575 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$6,026 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $6,026Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,122
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $692

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
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 39th of 51

$6,717

$692 physician + $6,026 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.