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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$513 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,365Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $347 to $794
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $2,512professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in California than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $776 · 19th of 51
CA $8,511VT $437

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.