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Additional Radiosurgery Target in the Brain

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 61797

This add-on procedure covers treatment of each additional simple target in the brain during the same stereotactic radiosurgery session, a technique that delivers precisely focused radiation to a small area without any incision. It is billed in addition to the procedure for treating the first target, when more than one small lesion is treated in one session.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Additional Radiosurgery Target in the Brain cost?

$4,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$339$282 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,380 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $851 to $54,954Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $214 to $513
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $339

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
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$63,095.73
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$741.31

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$4,054

$339 physician + $3,715 facility

AL $9,026MT $686

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.