CPT 61521
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 excise brain tumor infratentorial/posterior fossa midline tumor at base of skull 61521
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Low
$1.8k
Average
$12.2k
Median
$8.7k
High
$43.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $9.2k | $9.1k | $994 | 11% | — | $6.9k – $10.5k |
| 3 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $2.7k | $2.9k | $838 | 29% | — | $1.3k – $4.1k |
| 4 | Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO | $6.9k | $6.9k | $990 | 14% | — | $5.5k – $8.3k |
| 5 | Children's National Hospital Washington, DC | $5.7k | $6.0k | $748 | 12% | — | $4.9k – $6.8k |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $35k | $37.0k | $10.5k | 28% | — | $18.6k – $50k |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $4.4k | $4.6k | $3.7k | 80% | — | $100 – $10.0k |
| 8 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville, TN | $7.4k | $7.7k | $1.2k | 15% | — | $3.6k – $9.5k |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | $7.4k | $7.7k | $1.2k | 15% | — | $3.6k – $9.5k |
| 10 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc. Appleton, WI | $16.8k | $15.5k | $2.9k | 19% | — | $7.8k – $19.1k |
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