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Skull Reshaping For Early Fused Seams In A Baby

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61557

Surgery on an infant whose skull bones have joined together too early, distorting the shape of the head and limiting room for the growing brain. A section of skull is lifted as a free plate of bone, reshaped, and refixed in a corrected position so the head takes a more normal contour and the brain has space.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skull Reshaping For Early Fused Seams In A Baby cost?

$6,918

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,918 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,918$4,266 to $6,918
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $10,471
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $7,762professional $6,918

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
$7,762.47
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$6,918

AK $6,918TX $1,175

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.