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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Michigan 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?

$10,057

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,057 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$724$589 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $14,791Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $135 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $724

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
$758.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
10 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
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 13th of 51

$10,057

$724 physician + $9,333 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.