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Brain Bypass Surgery

Massachusetts 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?

$6,704

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,704 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,074$3,162 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$794 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,365Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $18,197
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $4,074

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,370.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,715.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$6,704

$4,074 physician + $2,630 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.