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
Long Beach, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $2.5k is 41% below the median hospital's median price ($4.2k), higher than 27% of the 1,265 hospitals reporting CPT 61605. 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 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 5 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $8.1k | $8.1k | — | — | — | $8.1k – $8.1k |
| 6 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $12.1k | $12.1k | — | — | — | $12.1k – $12.1k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $12.9k | $12.9k | — | — | — | $12.9k – $12.9k |
| 8 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $18.8k | $18.8k | — | — | — | $18.8k – $18.8k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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