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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Colloid Cyst

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$2,188 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,951

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,011.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$3,715

CA $7,586WV $1,820

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.