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Procedure price report · Incision and excision of CNS

Skull surgery to remove an upper brain tumor

CPT 61510the billing code this page is about

The skull is opened to remove a tumor from the upper part of the brain; tumors of the brain covering (meningiomas) are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $5,154 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 255 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,793. Most fall between $3,068 and $9,370 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
255
States
42
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 255 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,453$3,402$5,154$8,817$12,080

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,453 vs $12,080).

How the prices are spread

$786 – $1,052: 12 hospitals$786$1,052 – $1,408: 3 hospitals$1,408 – $1,885: 8 hospitals$1,408$1,885 – $2,523: 11 hospitals$2,523 – $3,378: 19 hospitals$2,523$3,378 – $4,522: 30 hospitals$4,522 – $6,054: 56 hospitals$4,522$6,054 – $8,105: 35 hospitals$8,105 – $10,851: 40 hospitals$8,105$10,851 – $14,526: 20 hospitals$10,851median $5,154price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (234 of 255 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$786$1,05212
$1,052$1,4083
$1,408$1,8858
$1,885$2,52311
$2,523$3,37819
$3,378$4,52230
$4,522$6,05456
$6,054$8,10535
$8,105$10,85140
$10,851$14,52620

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,154.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $14,526 across 14 hospitalsMN$14,526Illinois: median $5,154 across 11 hospitalsIL$5,154Wisconsin: median $10,140 across 25 hospitalsWI$10,140Michigan: median $4,888 across 30 hospitalsMI$4,888New York: median $4,351 across 13 hospitalsNY$4,351Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $4,098 across 10 hospitalsOR$4,098Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $5,154 across 17 hospitalsIA$5,154Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $8,174 across 11 hospitalsOH$8,174Pennsylvania: median $357 across 14 hospitalsPA$357New Jersey: median $5,339 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $4,598 across 10 hospitalsOK$4,598Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,154. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Minnesota MN14$14,526+182%$5,860 – $14,526
Wisconsin WI25$10,140+97%$9,370 – $10,207
Ohio OH11$8,174+59%$3,795 – $8,817
New Jersey NJ13$5,339+4%$4,350 – $6,311
Iowa IA17$5,1540%$4,294 – $5,154
Illinois IL11$5,1540%$1,733 – $11,654
Michigan MI30$4,888−5%$3,347 – $7,242
Oklahoma OK10$4,598−11%$4,598 – $4,598
New York NY13$4,351−16%$2,072 – $6,659
Oregon OR10$4,098−21%$4,098 – $7,049
Pennsylvania PA14$357−93%$302 – $6,107
California CA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,154.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care200$5,080$2,798 – $8,817
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access45$9,370$3,292 – $11,654
Ownership
For-profit14fewer than 20 hospitals
Government24$5,216$3,794 – $7,342
Non-profit216$5,154$3,147 – $9,370
System affiliation
Part of a system212$5,154$3,147 – $9,370
Independent43$4,820$3,068 – $6,935

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,568
Median cash price$5,154
Cash as a share of list, median hospital67%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 33%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

166 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,598 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,519; most fall between $2,210 and $7,347.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 166 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$786$2,813$4,598$6,485$9,370

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($786 vs $9,370).

Of the 192 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 166 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

255 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 288 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted255
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here26
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code288

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Incision and excision of CNS family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Crnec Treph Bone Flap Crnot Exc Brain Tumor Sttl.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Skull surgery to remove an upper brain tumor (CPT 61510) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61510-skull-surgery-to-remove-an-upper-brain-tumor