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Removal Of Tumor Near Brainstem, Wider Approach

Tennessee 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?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 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$3,631$2,951 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,089 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,413Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $7,943
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $3,631

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 36th of 51

$3,548

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.