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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$912 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,698 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arizona· 24th of 51

$1,479

AK $4,266TX $646

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.