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Brain Bypass Surgery

North Carolina 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?

$5,594

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,594 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,571 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$4,571$3,162 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$575 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,762Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $6,310
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $4,571

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
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
11 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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$5,594

$4,571 physician + $1,023 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.