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Decompressive Skull Surgery For Brain Swelling

Delaware rates for HCPCS 61322

Removes a large piece of skull bone, and where needed opens and enlarges the tough covering over the brain, to relieve dangerously high pressure inside the head. Giving swollen brain tissue room to expand stops it being crushed against the rigid skull. No part of the brain itself is removed in this version of the operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Decompressive Skull Surgery For Brain Swelling cost?

$3,193

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$2,188 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $2,399

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 12.5 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$3,193

$2,399 physician + $794 facility

ME $35,671WA $2,843

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.