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Brain Surgery To Remove A Craniopharyngioma

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61545

An operation in which a section of the skull is opened so the surgeon can remove a craniopharyngioma, a noncancerous growth that forms near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Because the growth sits against the nerves of vision and the hormone-producing gland, the surgery is delicate and sometimes only part of the growth can be taken out safely.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Surgery To Remove A Craniopharyngioma cost?

$10,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10,715 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 6 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$10,715$7,244 to $14,454
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$4,266 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $20,417Professionalmedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $19,953
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $10,715

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,232.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$20,417.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,417.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$10,715

AK $10,715OK $2,818

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.