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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61500

Removes a piece of skull bone containing a tumor or other abnormal growth, together with a margin of healthy bone around it. The scalp is opened, the affected bone is cut out, and the resulting gap may be repaired at the same time or at a later operation. It treats growths arising in the bone itself rather than in the brain beneath it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone cost?

$15,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,370$2,951 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$6,761 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,943
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9,772professional $5,370

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
$4,677.35
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$15,143

$5,370 physician + $9,772 facility

ME $34,179TX $2,531

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.