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Brain Bypass Surgery

Minnesota 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?

$9,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,623 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$5,623$4,365 to $7,762
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,344 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $11,482Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $10,000
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$9,604

$5,623 physician + $3,981 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.