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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Massachusetts 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$1,318$1,072 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,738 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,318

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
$1,047.13
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,467.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$1,479

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.