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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Mississippi 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$1,585$1,000 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$955 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,020
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,512professional $1,585

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
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $1,585 · 20th 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.