China Bills a Brain Implant Under a State-Set Price for the First Time
Tongji Hospital in Wuhan implanted a 64-channel high-throughput flexible electrode array made by Wuhan Neuracom into a 31-year-old man paralysed by a spinal cord injury on 26 November 2025. The procedure was charged under the country's first BCI medical service price schedule, issued by Hubei's healthcare security bureau in March 2025, which sets implantation at 6,552 yuan. China's National Healthcare Security Administration calls it the first BCI operation in the country carried out under a state-set price. This patient's costs were covered by research funding.