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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Colloid Cyst

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,818$2,089 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $513 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,266
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $2,818

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
$933.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 18th 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.