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Removal Of Tumor Near Brainstem, Wider Approach

North Dakota 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?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$6,026$3,548 to $7,079
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,754 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $8,511Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $7,943
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $6,026

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
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$6,026

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.