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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Colorado 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $16,218 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 7 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$2,344$1,905 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,218$6,026 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $38,905Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,981
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $2,344

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
$1,905.46
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,220.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 7th of 51

$3,890

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.