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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Michigan 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?

$10,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$2,692$2,344 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$1,148 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $501 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $2,692

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
$2,630.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
12 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
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 7th of 51

$10,277

$2,692 physician + $7,586 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.