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Draining A Brain Abscess In The Upper Brain

Missouri rates for HCPCS 61320

Opens the skull over the upper part of the brain to drain an abscess, a walled-off pocket of pus caused by infection. Letting the pus out relieves pressure on the brain and allows antibiotics to work on what remains. A sample is sent to the laboratory to identify the organism responsible so treatment can be aimed at it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Draining A Brain Abscess In The Upper Brain cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,692 to $6,026.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $10,000
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 50

$4,365

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.