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Brain Surgery To Remove A Craniopharyngioma

Michigan 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$3,715$2,884 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,266 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $6,918Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $3,715

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$11,481.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$3,890

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.