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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

New Mexico 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?

$9,306

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$794$631 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$2,089 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $603 to $14,791Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,047
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $794

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
$537.03
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$12,302.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$9,306

$794 physician + $8,511 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.