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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Colloid Cyst

Nebraska 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 6 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$3,236$1,622 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $17,783Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,772
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $3,236

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$13,489.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$3,467

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.