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Opening The Skull To Remove A Clot Inside The Brain

Tennessee 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?

$4,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$2,692$2,042 to $5,623
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $17,378
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 36th of 51

$4,104

$2,692 physician + $1,413 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.