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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

North Dakota 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$2,512$1,479 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$1,175 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,311
$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $2,512

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
$1,202.26
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 9th of 51

$2,512

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.