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Retrieval Of Stored Skull Bone For Repair

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 62148

Recovery of a piece of the patient's own skull bone that was stored beneath the skin after an earlier operation, so it can be put back to repair the skull. A small incision is made over the storage site to lift the bone out, and this is billed in addition to the skull repair itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Retrieval Of Stored Skull Bone For Repair cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$178$138 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$562 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $186 to $8,913Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $100 to $240
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $708professional $178

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
$117.49
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
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
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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· 31st of 51

$186

AK $513UT $132

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.