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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Tennessee 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$1,514$1,230 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,692 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,388
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,514

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 31st of 51

$1,660

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.