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Complex Repair Of Brain Vessel Tangle, Lower Brain

Missouri 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?

$8,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,754$5,129 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,230 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $12,303
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $5,754

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
$2,511.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
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
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 51

$8,573

$5,754 physician + $2,818 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.