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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Massachusetts 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 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$1,660$1,349 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,042 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,660

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$1,820

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.