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Precision Lesion In A Deep Brain Structure

Virginia 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 8 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$1,445$1,318 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,585 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $1,445

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
$1,445.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$1,549

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.