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Tying Off The Carotid Artery At The Skull Base

Ohio 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?

$851

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $1,000.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,000Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,175
$1Kfacility $813professional $1,096

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 138.0 times more in Missouri 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.

Ohio· 28th of 34

$851

MO $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.