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Treatment Of Fluid-Producing Brain Tissue

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 61544

An operation that opens the skull to reach the tissue inside the brain's fluid chambers that produces cerebrospinal fluid, and removes or seals it off. Reducing how much fluid is made helps control a build-up of fluid and pressure inside the head. It is major neurosurgery performed under general anesthesia with a hospital stay.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Treatment Of Fluid-Producing Brain Tissue cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$2,344$1,950 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $2,344

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Oklahoma· 31st of 51

$2,344

AK $7,762TX $1,318

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.