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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

New Jersey 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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$1,072$933 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$5,623 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,548
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,762professional $1,072

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
$1,778.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $1,202 · 39th 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.