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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Nevada 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$490$457 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$724 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,129Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $316 to $794
$10$100$1Kfacility $2,884professional $490

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
$478.63
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
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
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 40th of 51

$550

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.