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Surgery to Remove a Blood Clot Around the Brain

Minnesota 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?

$7,413

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,248 to $12,882.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $15,488
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413

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
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 50

$7,413

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.