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Brain Biopsy Through A Small Skull Opening

Florida rates for HCPCS 61140

Drills a small opening through the skull so a sample of brain tissue or of an abnormal area inside the head can be taken and examined under a microscope. It is a targeted sampling procedure rather than an operation to remove the abnormality.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Biopsy Through A Small Skull Opening cost?

$7,762

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $12,882.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $25,119
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,762

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Florida· 7th of 50

$7,762

ME $12,303ND $1,202

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.