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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Oklahoma 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?

$3,951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,585 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $10,965
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 27th of 51

$3,951

$1,862 physician + $2,089 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.