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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Montana 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$3,388$2,692 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$3,388 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $3,715Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $10,233
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $3,388

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,890.45
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$3,467

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.