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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Indiana 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?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $25,119 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 5 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$2,188$1,778 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25,119$15,488 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25,119 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $38,019Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $3,388
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $25,119professional $2,188

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 17th of 51

$3,388

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.