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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Iowa 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?

$8,066

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,066 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$1,905 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,818 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $2,818

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
$1,778.28
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,748.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$8,066

$2,818 physician + $5,248 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.