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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

Pennsylvania 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 October 2026.

How much does Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull cost?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$933 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,288 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$1,072

AK $4,266TX $646

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.