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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Nebraska 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?

$7,310

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,310 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$4,074$3,090 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$676 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $12,589Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,623
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $4,074

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
$1,737.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,125.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$7,310

$4,074 physician + $3,236 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.