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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Michigan 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?

$6,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$1,738$1,585 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,548 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,738

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
12 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
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 20th of 51

$6,750

$1,738 physician + $5,012 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.