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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 October 2026.

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

$9,978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$575 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$2,692 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $646 to $22,387Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,333professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$19,952.62
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$36,307.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 51

$9,978

$646 physician + $9,333 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.