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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Alaska rates for HCPCS 62164

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, and a tumor is removed through it. A drainage tube is left in place afterwards to let fluid escape while swelling settles.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor cost?

$10,960

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,244 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$7,244$4,677 to $9,550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,754 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $13,804Professionalmedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $13,490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $7,244

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$13,489.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,489.63
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$13,489.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.5 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

Alaska· 11th of 50

$10,960

$7,244 physician + $3,715 facility

ME $29,799MD $2,848

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.