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MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment of a brain target

CPT 61715the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a small deep brain target for a movement disorder using focused ultrasound energy guided by MRI, including placement of the head frame and navigation.

Hospitals typically charge $21,083 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 273 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $22,231. Most fall between $11,577 and $37,679 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
273
States
38
Filings dated
Jun 2025 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 273 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$4,118$13,815$21,083$34,496$62,444

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($4,118 vs $62,444).

How the prices are spread

$2,038 – $2,981: 17 hospitals$2,038$2,981 – $4,360: 10 hospitals$4,360 – $6,376: 9 hospitals$4,360$6,376 – $9,326: 9 hospitals$9,326 – $13,639: 14 hospitals$9,326$13,639 – $19,947: 53 hospitals$19,947 – $29,172: 74 hospitals$19,947$29,172 – $42,664: 31 hospitals$42,664 – $62,396: 24 hospitals$42,664$62,396 – $91,255: 17 hospitals$62,396median $21,083price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (258 of 273 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,038$2,98117
$2,981$4,36010
$4,360$6,3769
$6,376$9,3269
$9,326$13,63914
$13,639$19,94753
$19,947$29,17274
$29,172$42,66431
$42,664$62,39624
$62,396$91,25517

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$11,384
Median cash price$21,083
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.85×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $21,083.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $80,831 across 12 hospitalsIL$80,831Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $14,757 across 19 hospitalsNY$14,757Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,038 across 13 hospitalsIA$2,038Indiana: median $5,566 across 20 hospitalsIN$5,566Ohio: median $37,679 across 28 hospitalsOH$37,679Pennsylvania: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $13,815 across 12 hospitalsNJ$13,815Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $22,210 across 31 hospitalsCA$22,210Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $20,264 across 16 hospitalsSC$20,264Oklahoma: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $17,231 across 17 hospitalsTX$17,231Florida: median $25,850 across 30 hospitalsFL$25,850
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $21,083. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Illinois IL12$80,831+283%$18,706 – $80,831
Ohio OH28$37,679+79%$19,953 – $55,929
Florida FL30$25,850+23%$18,631 – $98,997
California CA31$22,210+5%$22,210 – $31,771
South Carolina SC16$20,264−4%$20,264 – $20,264
Texas TX17$17,231−18%$8,375 – $21,539
New York NY19$14,757−30%$13,226 – $14,757
New Jersey NJ12$13,815−34%$13,803 – $14,686
Indiana IN20$5,566−74%$4,118 – $35,039
Iowa IA13$2,038−90%$2,038 – $2,038
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $21,083.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care242$21,532$13,674 – $46,761
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$17,231$2,507 – $26,973
Ownership
For-profit16fewer than 20 hospitals
Government28$14,757$7,867 – $18,631
Non-profit227$22,210$13,226 – $37,679
System affiliation
Part of a system259$21,532$12,502 – $37,679
Independent14fewer than 20 hospitals

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$39,660
Median cash price$21,083
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

189 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $22,210 and the average of the middle 60% is $23,924; most fall between $11,577 and $37,679.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 189 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,448$17,231$22,210$35,039$60,859

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,448 vs $60,859).

Of the 207 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 189 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

273 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 294 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted273
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here15
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code294

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR or closed therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Mrgfus Stereotactic Ablation Target Intracranial.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment of a brain target (CPT 61715) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61715-mri-guided-focused-ultrasound-treatment-of-a-brain-target