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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Montana 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?

$6,474

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,474 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$3,162$2,089 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,884 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,631Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $79 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $3,162

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,801.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Montana 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

Montana· 18th of 51

$6,474

$3,162 physician + $3,311 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.