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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Idaho 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 July 2026.

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

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,950 to $5,129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Idaho· 32nd of 50

$4,467

ME $26,915ND $1,259

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.