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Draining A Brain Abscess In The Upper Brain

Texas 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?

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,862 to $4,786.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,965
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,162

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
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$20,417.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 36th of 50

$3,162

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.