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Fitting The Head Frame For Targeted Radiation

Maine rates for HCPCS 61800

Fits and secures the rigid frame that holds the head completely still and supplies the reference points used to aim precisely targeted radiation at a target in the brain. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fitting The Head Frame For Targeted Radiation cost?

$734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$174 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$501 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $501 to $708Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $145 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 29.5 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

Maine· 30th of 51

$734

$209 physician + $525 facility

AL $8,928KY $303

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.