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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

West Virginia 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?

$2,750

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$2,089$1,445 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$562 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,677
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $2,089

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$2,750

$2,089 physician + $661 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.