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Brainstem Nerve Tract Sectioning Surgery

Ohio 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?

$1,023

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $3,020.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,761Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $50 to $60
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $60

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 537.0 times more in Massachusetts 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.

Ohio· 28th of 34

$1,023

MA $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.