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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Washington 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?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $21,380.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $794 to $38,019
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,129

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$60,255.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$37,153.52
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$60,255.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$66,069.34

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 50

$5,129

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.