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MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound For Movement Disorders

California rates for HCPCS 0398T

Sound waves are focused through the intact skull onto a small target deep in the brain, heating and destroying a tiny volume of tissue in the circuit that drives abnormal movement. It is used for movement disorders in which shaking, stiffness or movements a person cannot control are no longer helped enough by medicine; a frame or navigation system holds the head still while MRI maps the target, aims the beams and watches the temperature at the treated spot. No incision is made and nothing is left inside the head.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound For Movement Disorders cost?

$16,218

Typical physician fee. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,218 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,248 to $16,218.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,490Professionalmedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $16,218 to $16,218
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $16,218

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where California sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Connecticut than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 11th of 36

$16,218

CT $22,909OR $813

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.