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Brain Bypass Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 61711

An artery from outside the skull is joined directly to an artery on the surface of the brain, creating a new route for blood to reach brain tissue that is not getting enough. It is used when a vessel supplying the brain is narrowed or blocked and cannot be reopened from the inside. The skull is opened so the two vessels can be stitched together under a microscope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Bypass Surgery cost?

$9,091

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,091 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,623 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,623$3,715 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,514 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,762
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,467professional $5,623

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
$3,548.13
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,762.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$9,091

$5,623 physician + $3,467 facility

ME $35,907WA $2,929

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.