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Brain Bypass Surgery

South 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?

$3,742

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,742 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$2,512$562 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$603 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $2,512

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
$2,951.21
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
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
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96

Where South 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$3,742

$2,512 physician + $1,230 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.