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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

South 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?

$7,411

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$2,399$2,042 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,455 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,074
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $2,399

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
$2,454.71
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where South 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

South Carolina· 25th of 50

$7,411

$2,399 physician + $5,012 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.