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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

North Carolina 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$1,479$1,230 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,479 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $1,479

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
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,585

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.