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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Nebraska 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?

$6,253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$3,162$2,399 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $15,136Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,266
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $3,162

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
$1,348.96
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$6,253

$3,162 physician + $3,090 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.