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Computer Navigation During Brain Surgery

Georgia rates for HCPCS 61781

Uses a computer navigation system during an operation inside the skull, matching scan images to the patient's head so the surgeon can see exactly where the instruments are in relation to the target. It helps reach small or deep structures and avoid important ones. It is billed in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Computer Navigation During Brain Surgery cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,692 to $22,387.

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 $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $48,978Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $295

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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$23,988.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. 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.

Georgia· 2nd of 49

$5,370

NJ $5,888ND $219

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.