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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,253

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$562 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,820 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $617 to $11,749Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $575

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
$724.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$87,096.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 41st of 51

$5,253

$575 physician + $4,677 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.