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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Virginia 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?

$11,712

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,318 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$4,074 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $25,119Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $1,479

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
$1,479.11
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,882.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
6 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
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 7th of 51

$11,712

$1,479 physician + $10,233 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.