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Precision Placement Of Brain Radiation Catheters

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 61770

Image-guided placement of one or more catheters or probes into a target inside the brain through a small opening in the skull, so a radiation source can be positioned exactly where it is needed. Precise measurements and imaging map the path before anything is inserted.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Precision Placement Of Brain Radiation Catheters cost?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,950$1,660 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$3,020 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,455
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $1,950

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Hawaii· 37th of 51

$1,950

AK $6,607TX $1,000

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.