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Brain Surgery For Uncontrolled Seizures

Illinois rates for HCPCS 61567

An operation in which the skull is opened and the surface of the brain is treated so that seizure activity can no longer spread through it. It is offered for epilepsy that medication has not controlled, particularly when the area responsible cannot simply be removed because it does important work.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Surgery For Uncontrolled Seizures cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$3,020$2,455 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,862 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $6,918
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $3,020

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$69,183.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$3,236

CA $9,333OK $2,344

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.