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Revision Or Removal Of A Brain Stimulator Battery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61888

Surgery to adjust, reposition, or take out the pulse generator or receiver of a brain stimulation system — the unit that sits under the skin, usually below the collarbone, and sends signals to electrodes in the brain. The pocket is reopened and the unit is revised or removed. It is done when the device fails, becomes infected, moves, or is no longer needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Revision Or Removal Of A Brain Stimulator Battery cost?

$13,682

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,682 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$1,660$1,000 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$6,607 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,512
$100$1K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $1,660

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
$1,819.70
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$27,542.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$40,738.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Wyoming 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$13,682

$1,660 physician + $12,023 facility

WY $15,432MT $1,323

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.