CPT code 61868: DBS electrode, additional array with microelectrode recording2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

In Arkansas, Medicare pays $390.72 for 61868 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 61868 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 61868 covers

A neurosurgeon reports 61868 for each additional subcortical neurostimulator electrode array implanted during the same operation as the primary electrode-placement service. The procedure uses intraoperative microelectrode recording and imaging guidance to support electrode placement. It is commonly part of deep brain stimulation surgery for conditions such as Parkinson disease, essential tremor, or dystonia, typically in a hospital operating room.

Report 61868 with the corresponding primary code, 61867, when the operative record supports placement of additional arrays beyond the primary service. The record should identify the arrays implanted and document use of intraoperative microelectrode recording. This is an add-on code: it is billed only with a primary procedure and is paid within that procedure’s global period. A separately implanted cranial pulse generator may be reported when performed and supported by its own documentation.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Arkansas compares for 61868

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 61868 runs from $377.25 in Wisconsin to $625.09 in Miami, FL. Arkansas pays $390.72. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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61868 rates by state

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How the 61868 rate is calculated

Each of 61868’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 61868

The CMS indicators that decide how 61868 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 61868

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 61868 has changed in Arkansas

Price 61868 for an earlier date of service

Where the Arkansas rate applies

Arkansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 626 cities and communities in Arkansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acorn
• Adona
• Alexander
• Alicia
• Alix
• Alleene
• Allport
• Alma

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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