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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Tennessee 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$550$457 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$537 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,266Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,288
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,344professional $550

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
$977.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in California than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Tennessee $575 · 34th of 51
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.