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Craniotomy for Multiple Significant Trauma

California rates for MS-DRG 955

Craniotomy for Multiple Significant Trauma

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Craniotomy for Multiple Significant Trauma cost?

$100,000

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19,953 to $177,828.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100,000 · 10th to 90th $14,454 to $245,471
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $100,000

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
$44,668.36
Median
$144,543.98
Typical High
$223,872.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$95,499.26
Typical High
$275,422.87
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87,096.36
Typical High
$186,208.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87,096.36
Median
$134,896.29
Typical High
$239,883.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239,883.29
Median
$239,883.29
Typical High
$239,883.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93,325.43
Median
$141,253.75
Typical High
$269,153.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$112,201.85
Typical High
$263,026.80

Where California sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in New York than in Michigan. 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.

California· 25th of 51

$100,000

NY $169,824MI $21,380

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.