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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Missouri 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?

$4,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,862$1,698 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,230 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,862

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
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
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 51

$4,554

$1,862 physician + $2,692 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.