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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Louisiana 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$3,020$2,188 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,585 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$933.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$3,020

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.