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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 October 2026.

How much does Brainstem Nerve Tract Sectioning Surgery cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,898 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,898$3,802 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$3,236 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $7,413Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $8,128
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $4,898

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 537.0 times more in Oklahoma 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 34

$4,677

OK $13,490MS $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.