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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

North Dakota 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?

$4,465

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$3,020$2,630 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,512Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $3,020

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 22nd of 51

$4,465

$3,020 physician + $1,445 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.