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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Colorado 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?

$18,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,218 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,455$2,042 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,218$6,026 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $38,905Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,169
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $2,455

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$16,595.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$18,673

$2,455 physician + $16,218 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.