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Skull Repair Using The Patient's Own Bone

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 62146

Repair of a hole or defect in the skull using bone taken from the patient's own body, with obtaining that bone included in the operation. The graft is shaped and fixed in place to restore the contour of the skull and protect the brain beneath. This version covers a smaller area of skull.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skull Repair Using The Patient's Own Bone cost?

$10,856

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$2,344$1,318 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,607
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,344

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$11,220.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 14.5 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

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$10,856

$2,344 physician + $8,511 facility

ME $28,653MD $1,979

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.