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Closure Of A Skull-Base Artery

Texas 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$347 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$603 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,918Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $447

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
$724.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
10 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
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 49th of 51

$468

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.