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Brain Bypass Surgery

Virginia 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?

$8,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$2,951$2,630 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,512 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $24,547Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $2,951

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
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,481.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 51

$8,840

$2,951 physician + $5,888 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.