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Removal Of A Benign Skull Bone Growth

Utah 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$2,818$2,399 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,818 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $6,026Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $6,457
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $2,818

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
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$5,888.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,011.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$2,951

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.