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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Colorado 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?

$15,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$692 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$9,550 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $25,704Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $15,136professional $832

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$12,302.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$15,967

$832 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.