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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

South Dakota 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 7 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$776$457 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$589 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $776

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 21st of 51

$776

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.