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Release Of One Fused Skull Seam In A Baby

Missouri rates for HCPCS 61550

Surgery on an infant whose skull bones have knitted together too early along a single seam, which stops the head growing evenly and distorts its shape. A strip of bone along that seam is removed so the skull can expand again as the brain grows.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release Of One Fused Skull Seam In A Baby cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$1,096 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,692 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,230

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Missouri· 10th of 51

$2,344

CA $7,413VT $1,047

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.