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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Illinois 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$2,399$1,950 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,862 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,000Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,495
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $2,399

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 35th of 51

$2,399

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.