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Repair of a Larger Skull Defect

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 62141

Rebuilds a gap in the skull where bone is missing, using the person's own bone or a made-to-fit plate secured over the opening to protect the brain and restore the shape of the head. This is the version used when the area of missing bone is larger. The gap may be left from an earlier operation, an injury, or removal of diseased bone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Larger Skull Defect cost?

$4,107

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,107 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$2,344 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $2,818

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wyoming· 22nd of 51

$4,107

$2,818 physician + $1,288 facility

ME $16,376MD $1,851

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.