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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

South 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?

$4,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,236$2,344 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,570Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $3,236

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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where South 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

South Dakota· 23rd of 51

$4,438

$3,236 physician + $1,202 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.