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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Illinois 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$513 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$708 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,943Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $617

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
$512.86
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
5 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
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$676

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.