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Surgery to Remove a Blood Clot Around the Brain

Georgia rates for HCPCS 61312

The skull is opened to clear a pooled collection of blood that is pressing on the brain, lying either between the skull and the brain's tough outer covering or just beneath that covering. This version treats a clot over the large upper part of the brain. Releasing the pressure protects brain tissue from lasting damage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery to Remove a Blood Clot Around the Brain cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $10,000.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $7,079
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,754

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$26,302.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Georgia· 18th of 50

$5,370

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.