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Skull Repair With Repair of the Brain Beneath

Maine rates for HCPCS 62145

A hole or missing area of the skull is closed at the same sitting as repair work on the brain and its coverings underneath. The damaged tissue below is dealt with first, and then the gap in the bone is covered over. It is used where an injury or earlier surgery has left damage both to the skull and to what lies beneath it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skull Repair With Repair of the Brain Beneath cost?

$34,309

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34,309 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $32,359 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,622 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$32,359$25,704 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32,359 · 10th to 90th $776 to $33,113Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $32,359professional $1,950

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,884.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
6 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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 16.3 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$34,309

$1,950 physician + $32,359 facility

ME $34,309MD $2,111

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.