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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 July 2026.

How much does Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$1,047$933 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,344 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,399
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,786professional $1,047

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Arizona $1,288 · 35th of 51
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.