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Removal Of A Meningioma From The Upper Brain

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61512

Opens the skull to remove a meningioma, a growth arising from the membranes that cover the brain, from the upper part of the brain. These growths are usually slow-growing and not cancerous, but they cause trouble by pressing on the brain beneath and can bring on headaches, weakness, or seizures. The surgeon separates the growth from the brain surface and takes it out, along with affected covering where that can be done safely.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Meningioma From The Upper Brain cost?

$21,691

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,691 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $10,471 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$10,471$5,754 to $10,471
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $15,136
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $11,220professional $10,471

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,848.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.2 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$21,691

$10,471 physician + $11,220 facility

ME $35,907WA $2,950

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.