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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Colorado rates for HCPCS 61720

A procedure that uses image guidance and precise measurements to pass a probe through a small opening in the skull into a deep structure of the brain that helps control movement, then creates a small, carefully placed lesion there. It is used to reduce tremor and other disabling movement symptoms.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $10,000 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$1,514$1,230 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,000$5,495 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $1,514

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
$1,230.27
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$3,236

CA $7,244KY $1,202

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.