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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

South 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?

$14,791

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,791 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,511 to $22,909.

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 $14,791 · 10th to 90th $676 to $34,674
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,791

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
$676.08
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$39,810.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$47,863.01

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 50

$14,791

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.