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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Alabama 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?

$6,878

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,878 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,138 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,259 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $12,589Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,898
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $3,162

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 28th of 50

$6,878

$3,162 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.