CPT 61050
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Remove brain canal fluid
Low
$244
Average
$3.1k
Median
$2.8k
High
$7.9k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
12 payers; the 90th percentile is 14.0× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | First Health per diem · outpatient | 11 | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare facility · per diem · outpatient | 10 | $235 | $244 | $50 | 20% | — | $199 – $350 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield per diem · outpatient | 8 | $855 | $839 | $143 | 17% | — | $495 – $990 |
| 4 | Aetna per diem · outpatient · +2 other terms | 2 | $9.8k | $9.8k | — | — | — | $9.8k – $9.8k |
| 5 | Medicare per diem · inpatient | 2 | $4.1k | $4.1k | $1.4k | 35% | — | $2.7k – $5.5k |
| 6 | Anthem per diem · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $3.0k | $3.0k | $684 | 23% | — | $2.4k – $3.9k |
| 7 | Humana per diem · inpatient | 1 | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 8 | Magellan per diem · inpatient | 1 | $900 | $900 | — | — | — | $900 – $900 |
| 9 | Molina per diem · inpatient | 1 | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | — | $5.4k – $5.4k |
| 10 | Optum per diem · both · +1 other terms | 1 | $695 | $695 | — | — | — | $695 – $695 |
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