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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Virginia 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?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $12,589.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $631 to $15,849Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $676

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$36,307.81

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 50

$4,365

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.