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Revision or removal of a brain stimulator battery unit

CPT 61888the billing code this page is about

Surgery to revise the position of, or take out, an implanted pulse generator or receiver used for brain stimulation.

Hospitals typically charge $4,386 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 351 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,575. Most fall between $788 and $13,803 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
351
States
42
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 351 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
$594$934$4,386$12,432$16,871

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($594 vs $16,871).

How the prices are spread

$309 – $481: 15 hospitals$309$481 – $748: 36 hospitals$748 – $1,164: 44 hospitals$748$1,164 – $1,810: 42 hospitals$1,810 – $2,816: 13 hospitals$1,810$2,816 – $4,381: 11 hospitals$4,381 – $6,815: 35 hospitals$4,381$6,815 – $10,602: 27 hospitals$10,602 – $16,493: 72 hospitals$10,602$16,493 – $25,657: 29 hospitals$16,493median $4,386price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (324 of 351 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$309$48115
$481$74836
$748$1,16444
$1,164$1,81042
$1,810$2,81613
$2,816$4,38111
$4,381$6,81535
$6,815$10,60227
$10,602$16,49372
$16,493$25,65729

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$11,384
Median cash price$4,386
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.39×

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 $4,386.

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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $25,657 across 11 hospitalsID$25,657Montana: 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $631 across 12 hospitalsIL$631Wisconsin: median $1,650 across 19 hospitalsWI$1,650Michigan: median $1,650 across 17 hospitalsMI$1,650New York: median $13,909 across 22 hospitalsNY$13,909Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $742 across 10 hospitalsOR$742Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $934 across 16 hospitalsIA$934Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $8,555 across 29 hospitalsOH$8,555Pennsylvania: median $4,032 across 20 hospitalsPA$4,032New Jersey: median $13,803 across 31 hospitalsNJ$13,803Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,432 across 24 hospitalsCA$12,432Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $7,550 across 11 hospitalsVA$7,550Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $656 across 12 hospitalsOK$656Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 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 $6,382 across 23 hospitalsTX$6,382Florida: median $12,517 across 10 hospitalsFL$12,517
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,386. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$25,657+485%$5,821 – $25,657
New York NY22$13,909+217%$4,012 – $14,757
New Jersey NJ31$13,803+215%$5,110 – $16,640
Florida FL10$12,517+185%$1,360 – $13,750
California CA24$12,432+183%$12,432 – $12,432
Ohio OH29$8,555+95%$1,360 – $19,672
Virginia VA11$7,550+72%$266 – $7,550
Texas TX23$6,382+46%$6,358 – $7,870
Pennsylvania PA20$4,032−8%$248 – $21,083
Michigan MI17$1,650−62%$863 – $15,322
Wisconsin WI19$1,650−62%$1,650 – $1,875
Iowa IA16$934−79%$934 – $934
Oregon OR10$742−83%$742 – $1,288
Oklahoma OK12$656−85%$656 – $656
Illinois IL12$631−86%$309 – $2,293
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $4,386.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care292$6,289$788 – $13,815
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access45$1,650$822 – $6,358
Ownership
For-profit37$6,307$816 – $14,453
Government47$2,293$863 – $13,750
Non-profit263$4,032$742 – $13,629
System affiliation
Part of a system296$5,339$816 – $13,803
Independent55$2,293$775 – $13,674

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,539
Median cash price$4,386
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

207 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,650 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,321; most fall between $656 and $12,432.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 207 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
$504$742$1,650$8,555$16,075

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 32× what the cheapest tenth charges ($504 vs $16,075).

Of the 217 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 207 gave a usable cash price; 5 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

351 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 371 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted351
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code371

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 24, 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 Revj/Rmvl Neurostimulator 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, “Revision or removal of a brain stimulator battery unit (CPT 61888) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61888-revision-or-removal-of-a-brain-stimulator-battery-unit