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Targeted Destruction Of A Deep Brain Structure

North Carolina 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 6 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$2,042$1,622 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,660 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $2,042

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$2,089

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.