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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Wyoming 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?

$10,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,630 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,802 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $22,909Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $5,129
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $3,162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 10th of 51

$10,081

$3,162 physician + $6,918 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.