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Focused Radiation For A Complex Brain Lesion

Virginia 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?

$8,503

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,503 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,380 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,042 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $933 to $30,903Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $1,585

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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$47,863.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$43,651.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 7th of 51

$8,503

$1,585 physician + $6,918 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.