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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

New York 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?

$7,745

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,122 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,951 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $1,288

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,079.46
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$87,096.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,754.40
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
15 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
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New York 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

New York· 16th of 51

$7,745

$1,288 physician + $6,457 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.