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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Idaho 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?

$9,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$759 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$5,495 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $27,542Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,349
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,913professional $955

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$33,113.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$36,307.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$14,791.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
8 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
$346.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 16th of 51

$9,868

$955 physician + $8,913 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.