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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Montana 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?

$4,915

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$2,344$1,585 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,188 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,818Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $2,344

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Montana 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

Montana· 20th of 51

$4,915

$2,344 physician + $2,570 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.