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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Montana 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$794$617 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$676 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $631 to $871Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $794

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 18th of 51

$794

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.