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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61623

A catheter is threaded through the blood vessels up to a chosen artery in the head or neck, where a small balloon is inflated to halt flow through it for a short time. While flow is stopped, the person's speech, strength, and awareness are watched closely to see whether the brain tolerates losing that vessel. X-ray imaging guides the catheter throughout and records what happens.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery cost?

$17,480

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,480 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,136 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$2,344$1,514 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$7,413 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $24,547Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,236
$100$1K$10Kfacility $15,136professional $2,344

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$17,782.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$58,884.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$17,480

$2,344 physician + $15,136 facility

AK $17,480MT $1,783

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.