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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

Wisconsin 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?

$15,136

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,136 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,762 to $20,417.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $6,761 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $16,982professional $1,318

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
$501.19
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$21,379.62
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$27,542.29
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$41,686.94
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 5th of 50

$15,136

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.