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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Iowa 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?

$6,166

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $10,233.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,288

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$30,902.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 50

$6,166

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.