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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61563

Removal of a noncancerous growth of skull bone that extends both inside and outside the skull. The affected bone is taken out and the contour of the skull rebuilt; this version does not include freeing the nerve that runs from the eye to the brain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth cost?

$6,761

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,761 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$6,761$4,467 to $9,120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,692 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,882Professionalmedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,882
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $6,761

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,589.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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· 2nd of 51

$6,761

CA $8,128KY $1,905

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.