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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Arkansas 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?

$3,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$1,585$1,318 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,072 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,585

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 50th of 51

$3,535

$1,585 physician + $1,950 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.