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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Georgia 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?

$4,367

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,367 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$2,818$2,344 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$661 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $513 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $2,818

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 30th of 51

$4,367

$2,818 physician + $1,549 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.