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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

North Carolina 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$1,000 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,202 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,692
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $1,349 · 33rd 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.