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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Kansas 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 5 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$1,549$1,288 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$2,692 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,089
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,549

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$1,995

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.