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Brainstem Nerve Tract Sectioning Surgery

Wisconsin 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?

$6,166

Typical physician fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $6,918.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $7,586Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $13,490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $6,166

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 11th of 33

$6,166

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.