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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Iowa 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?

$8,731

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$3,236$2,042 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,631 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $12,023
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $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
$2,818.38
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 50

$8,731

$3,236 physician + $5,495 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.