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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

South 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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$1,148$1,000 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$2,089 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,148

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
$1,202.26
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$1,202

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.