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Repair Of Vessel Tangle In The Brain Covering

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,467$3,467 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$676 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $12,589Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,166
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $4,467

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
$1,905.46
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$4,074

AK $8,913TX $1,230

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.