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
RELEASE OF SKULL SEAMS
Long Beach, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $1.9k is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 26% of the 1,197 hospitals reporting CPT 61552. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 8 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|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 5 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $8.1k | $8.1k | — | — | — | $8.1k – $8.1k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10.1k | $10.1k | — | — | — | $10.1k – $10.1k |
| 7 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $12.1k | $12.1k | — | — | — | $12.1k – $12.1k |
| 8 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $18.8k | $18.8k | — | — | — | $18.8k – $18.8k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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