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Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 61702

An operation in which the skull is opened so the surgeon can reach a ballooned, weakened spot on an artery inside the head and close it off, so that blood no longer enters it and it cannot bleed. It is done either to prevent a bleed or after one has already happened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 6 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$4,571$3,890 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,677 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $22,909Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $7,244
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,244professional $4,571

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
$4,677.35
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,549.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

South Carolina $4,677 · 32nd of 51
AK $13,490OK $3,548

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.