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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 62000

Surgery that raises a piece of skull pushed inward by a blow to the head, restoring the normal contour and taking pressure off the brain beneath. This version covers a clean depression where the tough covering over the brain has not been torn.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 4 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$1,202$912 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,698 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,202

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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$1,230

CA $7,413WV $977

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.