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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 61611

Deliberate closing off of a major artery at the base of the skull during complex surgery in that area, when a tumor or an injured artery cannot be dealt with in any other way. It is performed as part of a larger operation rather than on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$676 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$776 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $933

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
$616.60
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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· 5th of 51

$955

AK $1,905UT $447

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.