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Storing A Piece Of Skull Under The Skin For Later Use

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$273

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $273 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $138 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$89.13 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$138$135 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $126 to $631Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $79 to $151
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $138professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 121.8 times more in Maine than in Montana. 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$273

$135 physician + $138 facility

ME $33,236MT $273

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.