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Removal of a Tumor Beside the Brainstem

Texas rates for HCPCS 61520

Removal of a growth sitting in the angle between the cerebellum and the brainstem, where the nerves for hearing, balance, and facial movement enter the brain. Bone at the back of the skull is taken away to reach the area, and the tumor is separated from those nerves under a microscope. Growths here cause hearing loss, ringing in the ear, unsteadiness, or facial weakness.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Tumor Beside the Brainstem cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $6,026.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$22,908.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Texas· 39th of 50

$3,802

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.