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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 62161

A narrow telescope is passed through a small opening in the skull into the fluid-filled chambers inside the brain, so the surgeon can divide scar bands and open windows between chambers or into a cyst. This lets trapped fluid flow freely again and relieves the pressure it has been causing. A drainage tube may be placed, replaced, or taken out during the same procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces cost?

$7,185

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,185 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,950 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,202 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $676 to $25,704Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,715
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $2,399

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$7,185

$2,399 physician + $4,786 facility

ME $34,449MD $2,222

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.