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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

Wyoming 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?

$5,229

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,229 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$3,715$3,162 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $3,715

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 19th of 51

$5,229

$3,715 physician + $1,514 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.