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Complex Repair Of Brain Vessel Tangle, Lower Brain

Florida rates for HCPCS 61686

Open surgery to remove an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins in the lower and rear part of the brain, in a case that is large or has a complicated pattern of feeding and draining vessels. These tangles let blood rush straight from arteries into veins without passing through normal small vessels, and they can bleed. It is demanding neurosurgery under general anesthesia with intensive care afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complex Repair Of Brain Vessel Tangle, Lower Brain cost?

$6,582

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,890$1,000 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$575 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,586
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $3,890

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
$776.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
6 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
$1,949.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Florida· 41st of 51

$6,582

$3,890 physician + $2,692 facility

ME $38,525WA $4,436

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.