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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Arkansas 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?

$9,522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$813$676 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,388 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $14,791Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $813

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
$691.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 19th of 51

$9,522

$813 physician + $8,710 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.