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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

North Dakota 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?

$5,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,072$912 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$550 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,072

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 44th of 51

$5,053

$1,072 physician + $3,981 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.