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Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 61516

Opens the skull to reach a fluid-filled cyst in the upper part of the brain and either takes it out or cuts a lasting opening in its wall so the fluid drains into the surrounding spaces. Relieving the cyst takes pressure off the brain tissue around it. The opening may be a small drilled hole, a piece of bone taken out and left out, or a bone flap lifted and put back at the end.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Cyst Removal Or Drainage, Upper Brain cost?

$4,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$2,570$1,995 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,467
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,738professional $2,570

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
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 13.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

$4,308

$2,570 physician + $1,738 facility

ME $34,930MD $2,604

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.