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Extra Difficult Target in Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 61799

Treatment of one more difficult target inside the head during a session of stereotactic radiosurgery, in which tightly focused radiation beams are aimed at a target without any cutting. A target counts as difficult when it sits close to sensitive structures or its size and shape call for far more elaborate planning. It is billed in addition to the main treatment when several such targets are handled in one session.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Difficult Target in Stereotactic Radiosurgery cost?

$3,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$479$398 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,380 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $851 to $54,954Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $724
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $479

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
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$63,095.73
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
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
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
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
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Alabama 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$3,297

$479 physician + $2,818 facility

AL $9,081KY $884

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.