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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Utah 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?

$6,340

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,340 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$2,951$2,570 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,951 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $6,026Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,918
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $2,951

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
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Utah 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

Utah· 34th of 50

$6,340

$2,951 physician + $3,388 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.