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Repair Of A Depressed Skull Fracture

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 62010

Surgery to lift a piece of skull that has been driven inward by an injury back into its proper position, together with repair of the tough membrane covering the brain and removal of damaged or contaminated brain tissue where needed. Lifting the bone relieves pressure on the brain, and closing the membrane keeps spinal fluid in and infection out. It is done urgently after a significant head injury.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Depressed Skull Fracture cost?

$8,540

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,479 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $5,248
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,918professional $1,622

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
$2,630.27
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 12.7 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Jersey $8,540 · 15th of 50
ME $29,053MD $2,283

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.