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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Minnesota 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?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $22,387.

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 $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $41,687
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,074

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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$81,283.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 34th of 50

$4,074

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.