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Removal Of A Meningioma From The Upper Brain

South Dakota 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?

$6,573

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,370$3,802 to $6,026
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,266Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,761
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $5,370

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 24th of 51

$6,573

$5,370 physician + $1,202 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.