Incise skull/brain surgery (CPT 61720)

61720 is the billing code hospitals use for this service. Prices below are each hospital's own posted facility charge.

Name shown as it appears in hospital billing files.

33 of 2110 hospitals post a price for this code. Hospitals that don't post one are left out. We never guess a number.

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HospitalLocationCash priceGross chargeMedicare pays× Medicare
Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Chatom, AL $54.17 $7,563.48 0.0×
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Nacogdoches, TX $686 $2,285 $8,815.84 0.1×
Unity Health - White County Medical Center
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Searcy, AR $778.50 $3,114 $7,990.62 0.1×
Unity Health - Jacksonville
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Jacksonville, AR $778.50 $3,114 $8,245.61 0.1×
Unity Health - Newport
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Newport, AR $778.50 $3,114 $7,990.62 0.1×
Memorial Medical Center
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Port Lavaca, TX $855.05 $1,221.50 $8,815.84 0.1×
East Carroll Parish Hospital
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Lake Providence, LA $956.25 $1,275 $7,990.08 0.1×
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Shelbyville, TN $1,335.74 $4,606 $8,380.10 0.2×
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Tullahoma, TN $1,335.74 $4,606 $8,331.14 0.2×
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Lebanon, TN $1,335.74 $4,606 $8,419.37 0.2×
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Walsenburg, CO $1,832.40 $2,036 $9,257.50 0.2×
DeSoto Regional Health System
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Mansfield, LA $2,061.50 $2,945 $7,946.50 0.3×
Vanderbilt University Hospital
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Nashville, TN $2,487.24 $4,606 $8,614.64 0.3×
Titus Regional Medical Center
unusually low: confirm this is the full procedure
Mount Pleasant, TX $2,647.20 $4,412 $8,815.84 0.3×
Nebraska Medical Center
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Omaha, NE $2,730 $4,200 $9,112.79 0.3×
Bellevue Medical Center
likely a partial charge, not the full procedure
Bellevue, NE $2,730 $4,200 $9,112.79 0.3×
Jefferson Regional
unusually low: confirm this is the full procedure
Pine Bluff, AR $3,773 $3,773 $8,165.99 0.5×
University Hospital – UMMC Jackson, MS $5,200 $13,000 $7,923.37 0.7×
UMMC Madison Canton, MS $5,200 $13,000 $7,923.37 0.7×
Lakeside Medical Center Belle Glade, FL $6,428.28 $9,164.44 0.7×
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin, TX $6,435.36 $17,876 $8,815.84 0.7×
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital Slidell, LA $7,031.98 $7,969.64 0.9×
Hilton Head Medical Center Hilton Head Island, SC $7,654.35 $8,162.22 0.9×
East Cooper Medical Center Mount Pleasant, SC $7,654.35 $8,162.22 0.9×
Coastal Carolina Medical Center Hardeeville, SC $7,654.35 $8,162.22 0.9×
Griffin Hospital Derby, CT $7,655.94 $10,520.62 0.7×
Larkin Community Hospital South Miami, FL $9,764.30 $13,949 $9,164.44 1.1×
Valleywise Health Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $10,769.24 $9,364.56 1.1×
Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TN $10,972.46 $8,419.37 1.3×
Duncan Regional Hospital, Inc Duncan, OK $13,056.60 $8,440.35 1.5×
Omega Hospital Metairie, LA $17,063.15 $29,251.11 $8,237.54 2.1×
Northwest Surgical Hospital Oklahoma City, OK $25,321.05 $8,440.35 3.0×
Community Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK $25,321.05 $8,440.35 3.0×

"Medicare pays" is the facility (technical) rate, matching the posted facility charge; the doctor's separate professional fee is excluded throughout. "—" means Medicare has no comparable facility rate.