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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Iowa 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?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$3,020$2,291 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $3,020

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
$2,691.53
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$3,802

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.