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Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 62161

A narrow telescope is passed through a small opening in the skull into the fluid-filled chambers inside the brain, so the surgeon can divide scar bands and open windows between chambers or into a cyst. This lets trapped fluid flow freely again and relieves the pressure it has been causing. A drainage tube may be placed, replaced, or taken out during the same procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Telescope Surgery Inside the Brain's Fluid Spaces cost?

$3,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 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$2,089$1,660 to $2,344
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 $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,818
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,445professional $2,089

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
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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· 33rd of 51

$3,535

$2,089 physician + $1,445 facility

ME $34,449MD $2,222

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.