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Retrieval Of Stored Skull Bone For Repair

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$123 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$151 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $145 to $22,909Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $112 to $219
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,479professional $145

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
$144.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$145

CA $3,236WV $123

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.