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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 9 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$479$407 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $355 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $479

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$525

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.