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Temporal Lobe Surgery For Seizures

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 61538

An operation that removes part of the temporal lobe of the brain, most often to stop seizures that medicines have not controlled. The surgeon opens the skull, lifts a section of bone, and takes out the area of brain tissue where the seizures begin, then replaces the bone. It follows detailed testing that pinpoints where the seizures start.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Temporal Lobe Surgery For Seizures cost?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,715$2,754 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $5,012
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,820professional $3,715

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
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$3,548

AK $10,965TX $646

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.