MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound For Movement Disorders

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16,218 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$16,218	$2,951 to $16,218
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$3,388	$1,862 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $16,218Professionalmedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $16,218

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
AllWays Health Partners Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $16,218.10 Median $16,218.10 Typical High $16,218.10	Facility	Global	$16,218.10	$16,218.10	$16,218.10
AllWays Health Partners Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $16,218.10 Median $16,218.10 Typical High $16,218.10	Professional	Global	$16,218.10	$16,218.10	$16,218.10
Mass General Brigham Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $16,218.10 Median $16,218.10 Typical High $16,218.10	Facility	Global	$16,218.10	$16,218.10	$16,218.10
Mass General Brigham Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $16,218.10 Median $16,218.10 Typical High $16,218.10	Professional	Global	$16,218.10	$16,218.10	$16,218.10
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $954.99 Median $2,754.23 Typical High $4,073.80	Facility	Global	$954.99	$2,754.23	$4,073.80
United Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $2,187.76 Median $2,570.40 Typical High $2,951.21	Professional	Global	$2,187.76	$2,570.40	$2,951.21

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 45.7 times more in Indiana than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $3,631 · 17th of 44

IN $37,154OR $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.