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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Massachusetts 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?

$5,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$2,630$2,138 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,512 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,888Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,888
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $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
$2,137.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 50

$5,942

$2,630 physician + $3,311 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.