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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

Indiana 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?

$14,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,589 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$2,344$1,778 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,589$2,570 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,589 · 10th to 90th $912 to $30,903Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,589professional $2,344

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$32,359.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
6 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
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 51

$14,933

$2,344 physician + $12,589 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.