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Computer-assisted navigation for skull surgery, add-on

CPT 61782the billing code this page is about

Add-on service for computer-guided surgical navigation during a cranial operation performed outside the brain's outer covering; billed once in addition to the main procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,312 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 624 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,943. Most fall between $366 and $6,031 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
624
States
49
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 624 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
$246$414$1,312$4,595$19,217

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 78× what the cheapest tenth charges ($246 vs $19,217).

How the prices are spread

$176 – $292: 50 hospitals$176$292 – $485: 120 hospitals$485 – $806: 50 hospitals$485$806 – $1,338: 66 hospitals$1,338 – $2,222: 47 hospitals$1,338$2,222 – $3,691: 78 hospitals$3,691 – $6,131: 62 hospitals$3,691$6,131 – $10,184: 27 hospitals$10,184 – $16,915: 24 hospitals$10,184$16,915 – $28,095: 38 hospitals$16,915median $1,312price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (562 of 624 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$176$29250
$292$485120
$485$80650
$806$1,33866
$1,338$2,22247
$2,222$3,69178
$3,691$6,13162
$6,131$10,18427
$10,184$16,91524
$16,915$28,09538

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,312.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,176 across 10 hospitalsWA$2,176Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 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 $1,408 across 36 hospitalsMN$1,408Illinois: median $484 across 23 hospitalsIL$484Wisconsin: median $1,110 across 35 hospitalsWI$1,110Michigan: median $612 across 43 hospitalsMI$612New York: median $1,716 across 41 hospitalsNY$1,716Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $314 across 10 hospitalsOR$314Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $434 across 25 hospitalsIA$434Indiana: median $1,091 across 16 hospitalsIN$1,091Ohio: median $18,771 across 27 hospitalsOH$18,771Pennsylvania: median $447 across 27 hospitalsPA$447New Jersey: median $5,419 across 21 hospitalsNJ$5,419Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,058 across 55 hospitalsCA$3,058Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $11,137 across 17 hospitalsMO$11,137Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,123 across 10 hospitalsWV$1,123Virginia: median $132 across 10 hospitalsVA$132Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $1,376 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,376Tennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $366 across 12 hospitalsOK$366Louisiana: median $805 across 10 hospitalsLA$805Mississippi: median $600 across 12 hospitalsMS$600Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,241 across 12 hospitalsGA$1,241Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,368 across 30 hospitalsTX$2,368Florida: median $2,961 across 15 hospitalsFL$2,961
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,312. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH27$18,771+1331%$779 – $34,847
Missouri MO17$11,137+749%$307 – $26,429
New Jersey NJ21$5,419+313%$4,350 – $9,237
California CA55$3,058+133%$1,288 – $6,031
Florida FL15$2,961+126%$909 – $13,579
Texas TX30$2,368+81%$1,569 – $3,466
Washington WA10$2,176+66%$315 – $4,301
New York NY41$1,716+31%$375 – $4,595
Minnesota MN36$1,408+7%$413 – $2,362
Arkansas AR10$1,376+5%$280 – $1,721
Georgia GA12$1,241−5%$246 – $4,894
West Virginia WV10$1,123−14%$184 – $2,248
Wisconsin WI35$1,110−15%$1,040 – $2,091
Indiana IN16$1,091−17%$484 – $11,105
Louisiana LA10$805−39%$705 – $6,983
Michigan MI43$612−53%$351 – $2,180
Mississippi MS12$600−54%$504 – $11,775
Illinois IL23$484−63%$335 – $38,576
Pennsylvania PA27$447−66%$111 – $2,907
Iowa IA25$434−67%$434 – $972
Oklahoma OK12$366−72%$366 – $366
Oregon OR10$314−76%$314 – $356
Virginia VA10$132−90%$114 – $10,729
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,312.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care519$2,098$366 – $8,848
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access92$497$322 – $1,312
Ownership
For-profit68$2,905$595 – $16,906
Government87$806$307 – $3,115
Non-profit467$1,312$366 – $6,031
System affiliation
Part of a system504$1,493$405 – $8,020
Independent120$559$304 – $3,167

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,500
Median cash price$1,312
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

332 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $553 and the average of the middle 60% is $926; most fall between $289 and $2,368.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 332 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
$188$319$553$2,366$4,585

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($188 vs $4,585).

Of the 383 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 332 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

624 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 725 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted624
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded6
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded40
Hospitals that filed this code725

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 Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Strtctc Cptr Asstd Px Extradural Cranial.

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, “Computer-assisted navigation for skull surgery, add-on (CPT 61782) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61782-computer-assisted-navigation-for-skull-surgery-add-on