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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Oregon 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?

$5,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,089 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,188 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,467
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,884professional $2,884

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 18th of 51

$5,768

$2,884 physician + $2,884 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.