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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Florida 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$275 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$251 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $138 to $13,490Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,778
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $891

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
$776.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$912

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.