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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

South 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$3,467$2,042 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,188 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,571Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $5,248
$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $3,467

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 15th 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.