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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Colloid Cyst

Alabama rates for HCPCS 62162

Minimally invasive brain surgery in which a small scope is passed through a narrow opening in the skull into the fluid-filled spaces of the brain to open or remove a colloid cyst, a jelly-filled sac that can block the flow of spinal fluid. A drainage tube is left in place afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Colloid Cyst cost?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $9,333 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,692$1,862 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,333$955 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $513 to $9,333Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,333professional $2,692

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
6 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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$2,692

AK $7,762TX $1,318

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.