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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Minnesota 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?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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 6 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$2,951$2,291 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$3,311 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $2,951

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$29,512.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$3,090

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.