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
ORBITOCRANIAL APPROACH/SKULL
Merced, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $2.3k is 54% below the median hospital's median price ($4.9k), higher than 6% of the 1,220 hospitals reporting CPT 61592. 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, 12 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 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 3 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 5 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 6 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 7 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $12.8k | $12.8k | — | — | — | $12.8k – $12.8k |
| 8 | Aetna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $15.9k | $15.9k | — | — | — | $15.9k – $15.9k |
| 9 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $15.9k | $15.9k | — | — | — | $15.9k – $15.9k |
| 10 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $15.9k | $15.9k | — | — | — | $15.9k – $15.9k |
| 11 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $16.8k | $16.8k | — | — | — | $16.8k – $16.8k |
| 12 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $26.5k | $26.5k | — | — | — | $26.5k – $26.5k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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