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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 October 2026.

How much does Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery cost?

$7,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$617 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,467 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $14,125Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $794

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
$2,454.71
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$7,104

$794 physician + $6,310 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.