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Brain Bypass Surgery

Kentucky 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?

$5,446

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,446 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$2,692$2,399 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$759 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $457 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,266
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $2,692

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
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$5,446

$2,692 physician + $2,754 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.