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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

North Carolina 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?

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $13,183.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $562 to $13,804
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248

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
$812.83
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$33,113.11
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$41,686.94

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 27th of 50

$5,248

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.