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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Tennessee 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $8,710.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $13,490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$41,686.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,952.62

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 31st of 50

$4,467

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.