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Fitting The Head Frame For Targeted Radiation

North Dakota 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?

$440

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $145 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$295$257 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$145$145 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $126 to $269Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $158 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $145professional $295

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 46th of 51

$440

$295 physician + $145 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.