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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Maine 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?

$3,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$661 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$2,884 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $708 to $12,023Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Maine 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

Maine· 46th of 51

$3,814

$794 physician + $3,020 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.