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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 9 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$1,995$1,820 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$2,138 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $1,995

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,187.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$2,042

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.