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Targeted Destruction Of A Deep Brain Structure

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 61735

Uses a head frame and image guidance to aim a probe with millimeter accuracy at a small structure deep inside the brain, then destroys a tiny volume of tissue there, working through a narrow channel from a small opening in the skull. Interrupting a faulty circuit at that precise spot can ease severe symptoms that medicines have failed to control. The target lies below the surface of the brain and away from the thalamus and the globus pallidus, which are treated as a different operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Targeted Destruction Of A Deep Brain Structure cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$2,399$1,778 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $2,399

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.1 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$2,399

CA $7,762KY $1,514

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.