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Temporal Lobe Surgery For Seizures

West Virginia 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,311$2,399 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$562 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $8,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $3,311

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 26th of 51

$3,236

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.