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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Florida 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?

$4,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$501 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$575 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,388
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Florida 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

Florida· 31st of 51

$4,290

$1,778 physician + $2,512 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.