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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Arizona 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?

$7,336

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,336 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$525 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,570 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,023Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $575

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
$977.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$7,336

$575 physician + $6,761 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.