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Complex Repair Of Vessel Tangle In Brain Covering

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61692

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 extensive or has a complicated pattern of feeding and draining vessels. These tangles let arterial blood pour straight into veins, which can raise pressure in the brain's drainage system and cause bleeding, noise in the ear, or headaches. It is demanding neurosurgery under general anesthesia with intensive care afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$18,612

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18,612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $12,303 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$12,303$8,128 to $16,596
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$4,898 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $23,442Professionalmedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $22,387
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,310professional $12,303

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$23,442.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$21,877.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$21,877.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $18,612 · 7th of 50
ME $32,044MD $4,463

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.