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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 July 2026.

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

$7,762

Typical facility fee. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $13,804.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $18,621
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,387.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 15th of 50

$7,762

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.