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Brain Surgery To Remove A Craniopharyngioma

Iowa 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 7 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$5,012$3,631 to $8,511
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,898 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $8,710Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $17,783
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $5,012

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
$4,265.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$22,387.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,332.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$5,495

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.