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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Texas 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?

$2,531

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$240$141 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,349 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $977 to $9,550Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $28 to $1,585
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,291professional $240

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99

Where Texas 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

Texas· 51st of 51

$2,531

$240 physician + $2,291 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.