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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61313

Opens the skull over the upper part of the brain to remove a blood clot that has formed within the brain tissue itself. Taking the clot out relieves pressure and limits damage to the brain around it. It is done urgently after a bleed into the brain, whether caused by high blood pressure, an injury, or an abnormal blood vessel.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain cost?

$17,248

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $8,128 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$8,128$4,467 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $12,303
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9,120professional $8,128

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,882.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$17,248

$8,128 physician + $9,120 facility

ME $35,114WA $2,549

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.