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Removal Of Tumor Near Brainstem, Wider Approach

Oklahoma 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$3,162$2,754 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,380 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $3,162

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 51st of 51

$2,754

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.