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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Illinois 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?

$5,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$2,630$2,042 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,862 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,754
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $2,630

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$56,234.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 41st of 50

$5,866

$2,630 physician + $3,236 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.