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Surgery to Remove a Blood Clot Around the Brain

South Dakota 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,884 to $4,074.

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 $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,677Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $4,365
$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $3,548

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
$1,949.84
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 33rd of 50

$3,548

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.