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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

North Dakota 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$3,981$2,455 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,778 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,129
$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $3,981

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
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$3,890

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.