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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

Georgia rates for HCPCS 61516

Opens the skull to reach a fluid-filled cyst in the upper part of the brain and either takes it out or cuts a lasting opening in its wall so the fluid drains into the surrounding spaces. Relieving the cyst takes pressure off the brain tissue around it. The opening may be a small drilled hole, a piece of bone taken out and left out, or a bone flap lifted and put back at the end.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $9,550.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,012
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,455

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 16th of 50

$5,370

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.