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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

California 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 July 2026.

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

$9,772

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,457 to $13,804.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $18,621Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,379.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$41,686.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$37,153.52

Where California sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 9th of 50

$9,772

IN $33,113WV $550

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.