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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

North Carolina 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 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 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$2,291$1,905 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,905 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,291

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$2,399

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.