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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Massachusetts 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?

$3,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$676 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$813 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $617 to $12,882Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$16,218.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$16,218.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$158.49

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$3,839

$955 physician + $2,884 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.