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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Kentucky 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$1,905$1,778 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$1,905 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,905

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
$851.14
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$1,905

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.