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Tying Off The Carotid Artery At The Skull Base

Iowa rates for HCPCS 61609

Cutting or tying off the carotid artery, one of the main vessels carrying blood to the brain, where it passes through a space at the base of the skull. It is one step within a larger skull-base operation and is billed in addition to that main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tying Off The Carotid Artery At The Skull Base cost?

$1,148

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $2,239.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,175Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 138.0 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

Iowa· 21st of 34

$1,148

CA $4,169SC $30.20

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.