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Skull defect repair, larger than 5 cm

CPT 62141the billing code this page is about

Surgery to close and rebuild a hole or defect in the skull bone measuring more than 5 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $3,038 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 238 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,330. Most fall between $1,732 and $5,371 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
238
States
39
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 238 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
$1,443$1,885$3,038$4,932$7,887

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,443 vs $7,887).

How the prices are spread

$1,013 – $1,318: 10 hospitals$1,013$1,318 – $1,715: 24 hospitals$1,715 – $2,232: 35 hospitals$1,715$2,232 – $2,904: 37 hospitals$2,904 – $3,780: 25 hospitals$2,904$3,780 – $4,919: 24 hospitals$4,919 – $6,402: 42 hospitals$4,919$6,402 – $8,331: 11 hospitals$8,331 – $10,842: 2 hospitals$8,331$10,842 – $14,110: 10 hospitals$10,842median $3,038price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (220 of 238 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,013$1,31810
$1,318$1,71524
$1,715$2,23235
$2,232$2,90437
$2,904$3,78025
$3,780$4,91924
$4,919$6,40242
$6,402$8,33111
$8,331$10,8422
$10,842$14,11010

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,038.

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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $7,887 across 14 hospitalsMN$7,887Illinois: median $1,953 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,953Wisconsin: median $4,932 across 24 hospitalsWI$4,932Michigan: median $2,819 across 26 hospitalsMI$2,819New York: median $1,742 across 12 hospitalsNY$1,742Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,134 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,134Nevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,706 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,706Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,178 across 11 hospitalsOH$4,178Pennsylvania: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 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 $1,885 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,885Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,038. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Minnesota MN14$7,887+160%$3,043 – $7,887
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+68%$3,986 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI24$4,932+62%$4,932 – $14,110
Ohio OH11$4,178+38%$2,731 – $4,178
Michigan MI26$2,819−7%$1,709 – $4,932
Iowa IA18$2,706−11%$2,706 – $3,038
Oregon OR10$2,134−30%$2,134 – $3,687
Illinois IL12$1,953−36%$1,467 – $2,706
Oklahoma OK10$1,885−38%$1,885 – $1,885
New York NY12$1,742−43%$1,445 – $3,580
Pennsylvania PA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not 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
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not 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
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not 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 $3,038.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care183$2,819$1,742 – $5,242
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access44$4,932$1,732 – $6,722
Ownership
For-profit19fewer than 20 hospitals
Government27$2,781$1,840 – $3,843
Non-profit191$3,166$1,742 – $5,371
System affiliation
Part of a system194$3,138$1,732 – $5,371
Independent44$2,731$1,627 – $4,134

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,954
Median cash price$3,038
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

149 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,528 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,761; most fall between $1,467 and $4,932.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 149 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
$1,236$1,732$2,528$3,843$5,242

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,236 vs $5,242).

Of the 179 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 149 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

238 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 285 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted238
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here33
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code285

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Cranioplasty Skull Defect >5 Cm Diameter.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Skull defect repair, larger than 5 cm (CPT 62141) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-62141-skull-defect-repair-larger-than-5-cm