Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Revision or removal of cranial neurostimulator pulse generator or receiver
SAN ANTONIO, TX
See all hospitals reporting CPT 61888 →Price type
Methodist Hospital’s median price of $5.5k is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($9.8k), higher than 31% of the 1,494 hospitals reporting CPT 61888. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 48 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | First Health chip per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 2 | First Health chipperinate per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 3 | First Health mcdstar per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 4 | First Health comm case rate · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 5 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 6 | Aetna narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 7 | Cigna newbusinessnetwork case rate · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 8 | Aetna newbusinessrates case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 9 | Aetna commercialbasenetwork case rate · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 10 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 11 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 12 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 13 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 14 | Oscar broadnetworkhix case rate · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 15 | Oscar epo case rate · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 16 | Oscar pos case rate · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 17 | Oscar ppo case rate · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 18 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $8.2k | $8.2k | — | — | — | $8.2k – $8.2k |
| 21 | First Health mcdstarkids fee schedule · outpatient | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 22 | First Health starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare charter case rate · outpatient | $8.5k | $8.5k | — | — | — | $8.5k – $8.5k |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare nexusaco case rate · outpatient | $8.5k | $8.5k | — | — | — | $8.5k – $8.5k |
| 25 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $9.0k | $9.0k | — | — | — | $9.0k – $9.0k |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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