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Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 62000

Surgery that raises a piece of skull pushed inward by a blow to the head, restoring the normal contour and taking pressure off the brain beneath. This version covers a clean depression where the tough covering over the brain has not been torn.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lifting A Dented Section Of Skull cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$851 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,288 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $977 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,495
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,995professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Mexico $1,445 · 26th of 51
CA $7,413WV $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.