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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Oklahoma 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?

$12,056

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,056 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$1,585$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$3,311 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $11,749
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,471professional $1,585

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
$1,202.26
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 6th of 51

$12,056

$1,585 physician + $10,471 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.