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Brain Surgery For A Tumor Behind The Ear

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61526

Open surgery to remove a growth from the cerebellopontine angle, the deep space at the back of the skull where the hearing and balance nerves run between the brain stem and the cerebellum. The surgeon opens a window in the skull to reach the growth, working close to the nerves that control hearing, balance and movement of the face.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Surgery For A Tumor Behind The Ear cost?

$25,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $13,490 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$13,490$8,913 to $13,490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$1,820 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $19,055
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $13,490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,964.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$22,387.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$22,387.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$25,512

$13,490 physician + $12,023 facility

ME $37,037TX $3,060

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.