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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

North Carolina 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?

$6,054

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 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$2,818$2,138 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,042 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $2,818

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 39th of 50

$6,054

$2,818 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.