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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$1,905$1,413 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,995 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,905

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st 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.