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Laser Ablation Of A Brain Lesion

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 61736

Destroys a growth or abnormal area inside the brain with heat delivered through a thin laser fiber passed via a small hole in the skull. Magnetic resonance imaging is used during treatment to guide the fiber and watch the heated zone as it forms. This version covers one straightforward target reached along a single path.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Ablation Of A Brain Lesion cost?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,715 to $13,490.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $16,596Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,138

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$25,703.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in Oklahoma than in West Virginia. 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 50

$8,511

OK $31,623WV $851

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.