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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Idaho 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?

$4,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,995 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$676 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,888Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,467
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $2,692

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
21 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
$933.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 25th of 51

$4,010

$2,692 physician + $1,318 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.