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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Minnesota 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?

$12,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$4,786$3,715 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,370 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $15,849Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $7,943
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $4,786

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 7th of 50

$12,372

$4,786 physician + $7,586 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.