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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Implanting a brain stimulator battery with one lead

CPT 61885the billing code this page is about

Placement or replacement of an implanted pulse generator or receiver under the skin, connected to a single electrode array already placed in or on the brain.

Hospitals typically charge $5,895 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 424 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $11,051. Most fall between $1,160 and $34,476 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
424
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 424 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$818$1,363$5,895$25,544$42,431

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 52× what the cheapest tenth charges ($818 vs $42,431).

How the prices are spread

$525 – $848: 24 hospitals$525$848 – $1,372: 63 hospitals$1,372 – $2,220: 34 hospitals$1,372$2,220 – $3,591: 38 hospitals$3,591 – $5,809: 30 hospitals$3,591$5,809 – $9,396: 23 hospitals$9,396 – $15,199: 22 hospitals$9,396$15,199 – $24,585: 47 hospitals$24,585 – $39,768: 56 hospitals$24,585$39,768 – $64,328: 45 hospitals$39,768median $5,895price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (382 of 424 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$525$84824
$848$1,37263
$1,372$2,22034
$2,220$3,59138
$3,591$5,80930
$5,809$9,39623
$9,396$15,19922
$15,199$24,58547
$24,585$39,76856
$39,768$64,32845

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$31,526
Median cash price$5,895
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.19×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,895.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,734 across 18 hospitalsMN$3,734Illinois: median $1,160 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,160Wisconsin: median $2,516 across 27 hospitalsWI$2,516Michigan: median $2,306 across 17 hospitalsMI$2,306New York: median $25,376 across 36 hospitalsNY$25,376Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,718 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,718Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,230 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,230Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $25,935 across 25 hospitalsOH$25,935Pennsylvania: median $7,695 across 21 hospitalsPA$7,695New Jersey: median $23,436 across 30 hospitalsNJ$23,436Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $21,818 across 29 hospitalsCA$21,818Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $922 across 10 hospitalsMO$922Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $16,172 across 14 hospitalsVA$16,172Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $869 across 13 hospitalsOK$869Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $11,046 across 22 hospitalsTX$11,046Florida: median $34,476 across 18 hospitalsFL$34,476
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,895. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL18$34,476+485%$1,730 – $51,270
Ohio OH25$25,935+340%$1,730 – $39,840
New York NY36$25,376+330%$18,369 – $41,350
New Jersey NJ30$23,436+298%$5,110 – $28,615
California CA29$21,818+270%$1,493 – $21,818
Virginia VA14$16,172+174%$356 – $43,868
Texas TX22$11,046+87%$11,046 – $14,695
Pennsylvania PA21$7,695+31%$346 – $40,409
Minnesota MN18$3,734−37%$1,936 – $6,002
Wisconsin WI27$2,516−57%$2,306 – $4,824
Michigan MI17$2,306−61%$1,363 – $42,431
Oregon OR11$1,718−71%$991 – $1,718
Iowa IA18$1,230−79%$1,230 – $1,649
Illinois IL16$1,160−80%$401 – $6,771
Missouri MO10$922−84%$818 – $44,089
Oklahoma OK13$869−85%$869 – $24,013
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,895.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care354$10,592$1,230 – $36,933
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access55$2,306$926 – $4,824
Ownership
For-profit35$6,300$656 – $36,316
Government57$4,313$1,080 – $34,476
Non-profit329$5,895$1,230 – $34,476
System affiliation
Part of a system358$7,506$1,230 – $35,122
Independent66$1,650$963 – $21,525

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,548
Median cash price$5,895
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

226 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,911 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,821; most fall between $857 and $21,818.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 226 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$561$922$1,911$21,554$34,476

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 61× what the cheapest tenth charges ($561 vs $34,476).

Of the 248 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 226 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

424 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 463 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted424
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code463

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Insj/Rplcmt Cranial Neurostim Pulse Generator.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Implanting a brain stimulator battery with one lead (CPT 61885) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61885-implanting-a-brain-stimulator-battery-with-one-lead