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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

Idaho 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 October 2026.

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

$4,896

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,896 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,311$2,455 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$676 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,244Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,266
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $3,311

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
21 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 13.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Idaho· 25th of 51

$4,896

$3,311 physician + $1,585 facility

ME $34,930MD $2,604

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.