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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 61313

Opens the skull over the upper part of the brain to remove a blood clot that has formed within the brain tissue itself. Taking the clot out relieves pressure and limits damage to the brain around it. It is done urgently after a bleed into the brain, whether caused by high blood pressure, an injury, or an abnormal blood vessel.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain cost?

$4,533

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,533 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,754$2,042 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,715
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,778professional $2,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Maine than in Washington. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 29th of 51

$4,533

$2,754 physician + $1,778 facility

ME $35,114WA $2,549

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.