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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Louisiana 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?

$3,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,344 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$550 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $2,884

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
$676.08
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$3,839

$2,884 physician + $955 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.