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Surgery to Remove a Blood Clot Around the Brain

Iowa 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?

$5,012

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,388 to $6,761.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,943Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $9,120
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $4,571

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 19th of 50

$5,012

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.