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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Alabama 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?

$16,977

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,218 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$575 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,218$5,495 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $16,596Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $550 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $16,218professional $759

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
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
5 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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$16,977

$759 physician + $16,218 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.