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Brain Endoscopy To Remove A Tumor

Virginia 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?

$8,233

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,233 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$2,188 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,754 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $26,303Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,266
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $2,344

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 50

$8,233

$2,344 physician + $5,888 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.