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Removal of Skull Tongs or a Halo Brace

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 20665

Takes off skull tongs or a halo brace that was applied by a different clinician. The pins anchoring the device to the skull, and to the pelvis or thigh bone when those are used, are loosened and withdrawn, and the pin sites are cleaned and dressed. It covers only the removal, not the original application.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Skull Tongs or a Halo Brace cost?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $295 to $7,244.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $155 to $13,490Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $214 to $324
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $257

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 44.7 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Nebraska· 12th of 49

$2,188

NJ $4,898WV $110

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.