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Temporary Balloon Blockage of a Head or Neck Artery

West 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?

$7,731

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$550 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,090 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $912 to $19,953Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,738
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$32,359.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where West 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

West Virginia· 29th of 51

$7,731

$813 physician + $6,918 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.