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Blocking A Blood Vessel In The Brain Or Spine

Georgia rates for HCPCS 61624

A thin catheter is threaded through the blood vessels to a target vessel supplying the brain or spinal cord, and material is injected to block that vessel permanently. It is used to shut off abnormal tangles of vessels or the blood supply feeding a growth. There is no open operation; the catheter goes in through a puncture in an artery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blocking A Blood Vessel In The Brain Or Spine cost?

$5,623

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,388 to $9,550.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,413

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Wyoming than in Maryland. 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.

Georgia· 28th of 50

$5,623

WY $26,915MD $1,950

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.