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Brain Surgery To Remove A Foreign Object

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 61570

The skull is opened so the surgeon can find and take out an object that has penetrated the brain, such as a bullet fragment or a piece of debris driven in by an injury. Damaged tissue around it is cleaned and the opening is closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Surgery To Remove A Foreign Object cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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$3,236$1,820 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,089 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,365Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $5,012
$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $3,236

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$15,848.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,715.35
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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.8 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· 14th of 51

$3,236

CA $8,511KY $1,778

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.