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Extensive Infant Skull Surgery, Several Fused Joints

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 61559

When several of the fibrous joints between an infant's skull bones have fused too early, the skull cannot grow with the brain and the head becomes badly misshapen. In this extensive operation the surgeon takes off and reshapes large sections of the skull, making multiple cuts in the bone to recontour it, and uses pieces of the child's own bone as grafts to fill and support the rebuilt shape. It is carried out by a specialized surgical team, typically within the first year of life.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extensive Infant Skull Surgery, Several Fused Joints cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$2,344 to $3,631
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 $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,266
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,820professional $2,951

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 6.0 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· 30th of 51

$2,818

AK $9,772TX $1,622

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.