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Repair Of Vessel Tangle In The Brain Covering

Alabama rates for HCPCS 61690

Open surgery to shut off an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins lying in the tough membrane that covers the brain, in a case that is contained and straightforward to reach. In these tangles blood passes straight from arteries into veins, which can raise pressure in the brain's drainage system and cause bleeding, headaches, or a pulsing noise in the ear. It is neurosurgery under general anesthesia with a hospital stay.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of Vessel Tangle In The Brain Covering cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 4 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$3,311$2,239 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,333Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $3,311

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Alabama· 20th of 51

$3,311

CA $9,333OK $2,042

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.