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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 July 2026.

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

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $5,754.

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 $3,715 · 10th to 90th $617 to $10,233
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$35,481.34
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$20,417.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$33,113.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$3,715

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.