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Temporal Lobe Surgery For Seizures

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 61538

An operation that removes part of the temporal lobe of the brain, most often to stop seizures that medicines have not controlled. The surgeon opens the skull, lifts a section of bone, and takes out the area of brain tissue where the seizures begin, then replaces the bone. It follows detailed testing that pinpoints where the seizures start.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Temporal Lobe Surgery For Seizures cost?

$5,129

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,623 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,623$3,981 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$759 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,365Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $6,918
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $5,623

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$5,129

AK $10,965TX $646

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.