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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 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 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$1,318$1,148 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$5,129 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $1,318

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,168.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$38,904.51
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th 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.