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Open Repair Of An Artery Bulge At Brain Base

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 61698

Open surgery inside the skull to treat an aneurysm — a weakened, ballooning spot in an artery wall — on the vessels that supply the back of the brain and the brainstem. The surgeon opens the skull, works between the brain structures to reach the bulge, and closes it off so blood no longer flows into it. It is done to prevent a bleed, or after one has already happened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Repair Of An Artery Bulge At Brain Base cost?

$11,816

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,816 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,898$4,467 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,677 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $11,749Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $11,749
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $4,898

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
$4,466.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,595.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

New Jersey· 27th of 50

$11,816

$4,898 physician + $6,918 facility

ME $33,372MD $5,447

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.