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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Connecticut 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?

$10,891

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,891 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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$891$759 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$5,248 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $24,547Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $891

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
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 10th of 51

$10,891

$891 physician + $10,000 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.