Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
OPEN SKULL FOR EXPLORATION
Low
$982
Average
$4.2k
Median
$1.6k
High
$12.4k
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8 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Premera rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.1k | $2.1k | $1.5k | 72% | — | $584 – $3.7k |
| 2 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI professional · fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $892 | $892 | $678 | 76% | — | $214 – $1.6k |
| 3 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $776 | 72% | — | $296 – $1.8k |
| 4 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $250 | $250 | — | — | — | $250 – $250 |
| 5 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID professional · fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 7 | Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $22.1k | $22.1k | $7.3k | 33% | — | $14.7k – $29.4k |
| 8 | Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $2.7k | $2.7k | $941 | 35% | — | $1.8k – $3.7k |
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