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Brain Tumor Removal Through An Opening In The Skull

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 61510

Opens the skull to reach and remove a tumor in the upper part of the brain, above the shelf that separates it from the back lower portion. It covers a tumor growing within the brain tissue itself rather than one arising from the membranes that cover it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Tumor Removal Through An Opening In The Skull cost?

$10,802

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 51 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,388$2,455 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,388 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $21,380Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $7,586
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,413professional $3,388

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WI $20,286MD $3,291

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.