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Extensive Skull Reshaping For Fused Skull Seams

Iowa rates for HCPCS 61558

Extensive surgery in a child whose skull bones have fused together too early along several of the growth seams, restricting brain growth and distorting the shape of the head. Sections of the skull are removed and reshaped so the brain has room to grow and the head takes a more normal form.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extensive Skull Reshaping For Fused Skull Seams cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$2,570 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,514 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $3,890

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,848.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$3,715

AK $7,762TX $1,318

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.