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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Nevada 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 July 2026.

How much does Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $12,023.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $12 to $2,455
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,698

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$36,307.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Nevada· 21st of 50

$4,365

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.