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Focused Radiation For A Complex Brain Lesion

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 61798

A precise, focused radiation treatment delivered to a single, complex brain lesion using a specialized machine that targets the abnormal tissue from multiple angles, without a surgical incision. It is used when the size, shape, or location of the lesion makes treatment more involved than a simple, single-target case.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Focused Radiation For A Complex Brain Lesion cost?

$4,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,622 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,259 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $9,550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $2,188

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Massachusetts· 41st of 51

$4,183

$2,188 physician + $1,995 facility

AK $13,752KY $2,420

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.