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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Delaware 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?

$2,836

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,836 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,820 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $2,042

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$2,836

$2,042 physician + $794 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.