No office rate
Use 61867 for subcortical placement with intraoperative microelectrode recording. Use 61863 for the corresponding placement without recording.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
61867 Neuroelectrode placement Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey
Reports unilateral stereotactic placement of a subcortical neurostimulator electrode using intraoperative microelectrode recording to guide deep brain stimulation targeting. Compare 61867 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in New Jersey.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 61867 in New Jersey?
New Jersey has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$2355.80–$2413.38
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Neurosurgery
About 61867: Subcortical neuroelectrode placement with recording
Reports unilateral stereotactic placement of a subcortical neurostimulator electrode using intraoperative microelectrode recording to guide deep brain stimulation targeting.
A neurosurgeon places a neurostimulator electrode into a subcortical target through twist-drill or burr-hole access, using intraoperative microelectrode recording to help identify the intended target. The procedure is used for deep brain stimulation, including treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson disease, essential tremor, or dystonia. It is generally performed in a hospital operating room with stereotactic guidance.
Report this code for the unilateral electrode placement when intraoperative microelectrode recording is used; use 61863 when it is not. The additional-array code 61868 applies to each additional array. Document the target, side, approach, electrode array count, and use of recording. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. For bilateral work, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. An assistant may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 61867
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU32.20 · 49%
- Practice expense (office) RVU20.26 · 31%
- Malpractice RVU13.60 · 21%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #2287 by national volume
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.
61867 compared with similar codes
Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
61867 reports the primary unilateral subcortical electrode placement with recording; 61868 reports each additional array.
No office rate
61850 is for cortical electrode placement. 61867 is for a subcortical target with intraoperative microelectrode recording.
No office rate
61860 describes cortical electrode placement through craniotomy or craniectomy; 61867 uses twist-drill or burr-hole access for a subcortical target.
Compare 61867 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Northern Nj →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$2413.38
Rest Of New Jersey →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$2355.80
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61867 billing questions
How does 61867 differ from 61863?
Both describe unilateral subcortical electrode placement through twist-drill or burr-hole access. Choose 61867 when intraoperative microelectrode recording is used; choose 61863 when it is not.
Can 61863 and 61867 be reported for the same electrode?
No. Select the code that matches whether microelectrode recording was used for that placement.
How are additional electrode arrays reported?
Report 61868 for each additional array in the applicable subcortical placement session.
How should bilateral placement be reported?
Report bilateral work with modifier 50. CMS pays the bilateral procedure at 150%.
What documentation supports 61867?
Document the subcortical target, laterality, electrode array count, burr-hole or twist-drill approach, and use of intraoperative microelectrode recording.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
6,89561860,,Implant neuroelectrodes,A,,21.70,14.97,NA,14.97,,9.17,45.84,45.84,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,89661863,,Implant neuroelectrode,A,,20.19,16.07,NA,16.07,,8.53,44.79,44.79,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,89761864,,Implant neuroelectrde addl,A,,4.38,1.54,NA,1.54,,1.84,7.76,7.76,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,89861867,,Implant neuroelectrode,A,,32.20,20.26,NA,20.26,,13.60,66.06,66.06,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,89961868,,Implant neuroelectrde addl,A,,7.71,2.70,NA,2.70,,3.24,13.65,13.65,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,90061880,,Revise/remove neuroelectrode,A,,6.78,8.93,NA,8.93,,2.84,18.55,18.55,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,90161885,,Insrt/redo neurostim 1 array,A,,5.90,8.42,NA,8.42,,2.37,16.69,16.69,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00