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Cutting The Bridge Between The Brain Halves

Utah rates for HCPCS 61541

Opens the skull and divides the thick band of nerve fibers connecting the left and right halves of the brain. Cutting that bridge stops seizure activity from spreading from one side to the other, which can dramatically reduce sudden drop attacks and severe generalized seizures. It is used for epilepsy that has not responded to medication and where the seizures do not come from a single removable spot.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting The Bridge Between The Brain Halves cost?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$2,630 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$3,090 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $6,026Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $7,079
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $3,090

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$6,760.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Utah· 22nd of 51

$3,090

CA $9,120OK $1,995

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.