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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 July 2026.

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

$16,982

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,982 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,026 to $28,184.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $44,668Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $16,982professional $724

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 50

$16,982

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.