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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Minnesota 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 6 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$1,023$813 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,148 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,698professional $1,023

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$1,122

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.