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Surgery To Lift A Depressed Skull Fracture

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 62005

An operation that lifts skull bone driven inward by an injury back to its proper level. It covers the more severe fractures, where the bone is broken into several fragments or the skin over it is torn open, so the wound is cleaned and loose fragments are removed or repositioned. The tough membrane covering the brain is not opened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery To Lift A Depressed Skull Fracture cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$1,905$1,413 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,905

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$1,995

CA $7,586KY $1,202

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.