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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$2,344$1,950 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$2,089 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $2,344

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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd 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.