CPT 61501
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
Craniectomy for Osteomyelitis|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE|BILATERAL PROCEDURE
Low
$795
Average
$3.5k
Median
$2.8k
High
$10.6k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
55 payers; the 90th percentile is 7.1× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +22 other terms | 368 | $4.6k | $6.3k | $4.8k | 76% | — | $1 – $30k |
| 2 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +16 other terms | 221 | $6.8k | $11.9k | $8.5k | 71% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 179 | $9.7k | $12.9k | $9.5k | 74% | — | $0 – $40.5k |
| 4 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms | 165 | $4.2k | $5.8k | $4.0k | 68% | — | $678 – $18.7k |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 101 | $1.1k | $3.0k | $2.5k | 83% | — | $930 – $8.3k |
| 6 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 87 | $1.6k | $3.8k | $5.0k | 131% | — | $997 – $28.3k |
| 7 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms | 84 | $2.6k | $3.9k | $4.5k | 113% | — | $264 – $20.2k |
| 8 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 57 | $3.6k | $4.5k | $1.4k | 32% | — | $3.3k – $7.3k |
| 9 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient | 53 | $5.8k | $8.3k | $5.0k | 60% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 10 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 45 | $12.6k | $10.0k | $6.7k | 67% | — | $991 – $19.0k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 37 | $1.1k | $1.2k | $342 | 28% | — | $986 – $2.6k |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 31 | $1.8k | $1.9k | $788 | 41% | — | $932 – $5.0k |
| 14 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 26 | $508 | $1.4k | $1.1k | 81% | — | $177 – $3.6k |
| 15 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 25 | $2.2k | $1.9k | $563 | 30% | — | $671 – $2.9k |
| 16 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 21 | $2.4k | $3.7k | $4.4k | 120% | — | $1.0k – $21.5k |
| 17 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 21 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $13 | 1% | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 18 | Ambetter facility · case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 18 | $30.5k | $25.0k | $12.1k | 48% | — | $1.2k – $34.6k |
| 19 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 18 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $32 | 3% | — | $986 – $1.1k |
| 20 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms | 18 | $2.5k | $5.0k | $4.7k | 94% | — | $1.1k – $14.7k |
| 21 | Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +8 other terms | 13 | $1.0k | $945 | $262 | 28% | — | $224 – $1.2k |
| 22 | MultiPlan fee schedule · both · +9 other terms | 13 | $2.1k | $2.0k | $662 | 33% | — | $778 – $3.7k |
| 23 | Wellmark fee schedule · both · +5 other terms | 13 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $598 | 30% | — | $1.0k – $2.6k |
| 24 | Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +5 other terms | 12 | $832 | $832 | — | — | — | $832 – $832 |
| 25 | Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 12 | $5.3k | $5.1k | $2.3k | 44% | — | $1.4k – $11.4k |
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