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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

Michigan 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?

$9,534

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$2,455$2,042 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$1,148 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,965Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $2,455

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
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
12 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
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 7th of 51

$9,534

$2,455 physician + $7,079 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.