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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Nebraska 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 6 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$1,738$1,096 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,310 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,738

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$1,950

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.