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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

South Carolina 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?

$3,072

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$437 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,236
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $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
$2,290.87
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
11 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
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$3,072

$1,950 physician + $1,122 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.