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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Utah 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?

$10,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$447 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$4,169 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $794 to $24,547Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $537

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
$794.33
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$33,884.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Utah 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

Utah· 12th of 51

$10,087

$537 physician + $9,550 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.