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Removal Of Tumor Near Brainstem, Wider Approach

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,677 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$4,677$3,388 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,202 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,129Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $4,677

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
$933.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st 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.