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Targeted Nerve Lesion For Severe Facial Pain

Montana rates for HCPCS 61791

A needle procedure that uses precise three-dimensional targeting to destroy a small bundle of pain-carrying nerve fibers deep in the brainstem. It is used for severe facial pain that has not settled with medicines or other treatments.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Targeted Nerve Lesion For Severe Facial Pain cost?

$3,684

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,684 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,175 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,820 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,344Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,905professional $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,187.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alabama than in Florida. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 23rd of 51

$3,684

$1,778 physician + $1,905 facility

AL $8,041FL $2,265

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.