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Brain Surgery To Remove A Foreign Object

Georgia rates for HCPCS 61570

The skull is opened so the surgeon can find and take out an object that has penetrated the brain, such as a bullet fragment or a piece of debris driven in by an injury. Damaged tissue around it is cleaned and the opening is closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Surgery To Remove A Foreign Object cost?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 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$2,399$1,905 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,388 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $4,169
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,399

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
$1,905.46
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 18th of 51

$2,884

CA $8,511KY $1,778

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.