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Storing A Piece Of Skull Under The Skin For Later Use

Colorado rates for HCPCS 61316

Covers making a pocket under the skin, usually in the abdomen, and placing there the piece of skull bone removed during a brain operation so it stays alive and sterile until it can be put back. Keeping the patient's own bone avoids having to fit an artificial plate later on. It is billed in addition to the main brain operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Storing A Piece Of Skull Under The Skin For Later Use cost?

$13,804

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,804 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,981 to $20,893.

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 $13,804 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $35,481Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $107 to $617
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $13,804professional $110

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$38,904.51
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 331.1 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Colorado· 4th of 50

$13,804

ME $26,915ND $81.28

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.