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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 October 2026.

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

$11,778

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,965 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$708 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,965$6,310 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $891 to $22,387Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,965professional $813

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
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
6 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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 8th of 51

$11,778

$813 physician + $10,965 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.