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Retrieval Of Stored Skull Bone For Repair

Iowa rates for HCPCS 62148

Recovery of a piece of the patient's own skull bone that was stored beneath the skin after an earlier operation, so it can be put back to repair the skull. A small incision is made over the storage site to lift the bone out, and this is billed in addition to the skull repair itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Retrieval Of Stored Skull Bone For Repair cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$186 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$288 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $219 to $6,607Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $138 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $269

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$275

AK $513UT $132

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.