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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

New Hampshire 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?

$11,230

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,467$2,570 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$891 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $776 to $33,113Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $3,467

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$34,673.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 6th of 51

$11,230

$3,467 physician + $7,762 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.