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MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound For Movement Disorders

Washington 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?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$2,455 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$490 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,380Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $16,218
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $2,455

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
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$16,218.10
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,762.47
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 26th of 36

$2,455

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.