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Repair Of A Spinal Fluid Leak At The Skull Base

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 61618

Seals a leak of cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid that surrounds the brain, where the lining has failed at the base of the skull after earlier skull base surgery. The defect is patched with tissue such as fascia or fat, or with a graft material, so fluid stops escaping into the nose or sinuses.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Spinal Fluid Leak At The Skull Base cost?

$3,224

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,224 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$1,778$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,455
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,445professional $1,778

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
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 17.2 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· 35th of 51

$3,224

$1,778 physician + $1,445 facility

ME $34,097WA $1,977

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.