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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Kentucky 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?

$3,945

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,945 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,950$1,820 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$741 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $457 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,236
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,950

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
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,232.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$3,945

$1,950 physician + $1,995 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.