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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Arizona 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?

$5,785

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,785 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$1,318$1,230 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,138 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,749
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $1,318

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
$977.24
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 28th of 51

$5,785

$1,318 physician + $4,467 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.