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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Kansas 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$2,399$1,995 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,455 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $9,120Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$2,398.83
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$2,818

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.