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Removal Of Tumor Near Brainstem, Wider Approach

Kansas rates for HCPCS 61530

Brain surgery to remove a growth sitting where the hearing and balance nerves meet the brainstem, such as an acoustic neuroma. The skull is opened through the bone behind the ear together with a second opening, giving a wider path to the growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Tumor Near Brainstem, Wider Approach cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,715$3,090 to $5,129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,631 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $9,120Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $5,129
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $3,715

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Kansas· 29th of 51

$3,715

CA $10,471OK $2,754

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.