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
RESECT/EXCISE CRANIAL LESION
Bakersfield, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $2.4k is 51% below the median hospital's median price ($4.9k), higher than 9% of the 1,220 hospitals reporting CPT 61608. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 2 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 4 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 5 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 6 | Molina medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 8 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $11.4k | $11.4k | — | — | — | $11.4k – $11.4k |
| 10 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $12.9k | $12.9k | — | — | — | $12.9k – $12.9k |
| 11 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $13.6k | $13.6k | — | — | — | $13.6k – $13.6k |
| 12 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $14.4k | $14.4k | — | — | — | $14.4k – $14.4k |
| 13 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $19.4k | $19.4k | — | — | — | $19.4k – $19.4k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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