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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

Oregon 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?

$7,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,548$2,630 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,754 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,370
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,548professional $3,548

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$38,018.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,606.93
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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 15th of 51

$7,096

$3,548 physician + $3,548 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.