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Extra Difficult Target in Stereotactic Radiosurgery

New York 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?

$3,531

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$295$251 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,349 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $741 to $70,795Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $240 to $661
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $3,236professional $295

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
$338.84
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$123,026.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$79,432.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$97,723.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$870.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where New York 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

New York· 4th of 51

$3,531

$295 physician + $3,236 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.