CPT 61770
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
INCISE SKULL FOR TREATMENT
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Low
$365
Average
$18.4k
Median
$2.0k
High
$72k
Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter below to change the chart. 31 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 197.3× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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Reflects a negotiated per diem rate paid per day of care.
| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 2 | Methodist Hospital Hill Country Fredericksburg, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 3 | Sauk Prairie Healthcare Prairie du Sac, WI | $20.6k | $20.6k | — | — | — | $20.6k – $20.6k |
| 4 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center SPRING HILL, TN | $2.0k | $2.0k | $186 | 9% | — | $1.8k – $2.2k |
| 5 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center ANTIOCH, TN | $2.3k | $2.2k | $327 | 15% | — | $1.8k – $2.5k |
| 6 | Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS | $72k | $72k | — | — | — | $72k – $72k |
| 7 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center NASHVILLE, TN | $2.0k | $1.9k | $154 | 8% | — | $1.8k – $2.1k |
| 8 | Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO | $72k | $72k | — | — | — | $72k – $72k |
| 9 | Methodist Specialty And Transplant SAN ANTONIO, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 10 | Methodist Hospital SAN ANTONIO, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
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