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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

South Carolina 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$525$447 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$537 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $537 to $22,909Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $891
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,479professional $525

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
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$537

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.