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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Michigan 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?

$7,844

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,820 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$1,148 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,913Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $2,089

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
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
12 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
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 8th of 51

$7,844

$2,089 physician + $5,754 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.