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Brainstem Nerve Tract Sectioning Surgery

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 61480

This is a neurosurgical operation that opens the skull to reach the brainstem, where the surgeon carefully cuts specific nerve tracts to interrupt problematic nerve signals. It is a highly specialized procedure typically used to treat severe, otherwise unmanageable symptoms such as intractable pain. This is a major operation performed by a neurosurgeon, usually requiring a hospital stay for recovery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brainstem Nerve Tract Sectioning Surgery cost?

$5,129

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,981 to $6,761.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $13,183Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $7,244
$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $4,677

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,182.57
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2398.8 times more in New York than in Mississippi. 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 33

$5,129

NY $60,256MS $25.12

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.