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Catheter Blocking of a Head or Neck Vessel

California rates for HCPCS 61626

A thin tube is threaded through the blood vessels to a target vessel in the head or neck, outside the brain and spinal cord, and material is released to plug it permanently. Coils, particles, or a glue-like agent shut off blood flow through that vessel. It is used to stop bleeding, to cut off the blood supply to a tumor before surgery, or to seal an abnormal tangle of vessels.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Blocking of a Head or Neck Vessel cost?

$10,233

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,233 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,457 to $14,125.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $19,055Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $724 to $18,197
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $3,311

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
$4,466.84
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,379.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$16,218.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$38,904.51
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$37,153.52

Where California sits

The same service costs 37.2 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.

California· 8th of 50

$10,233

IN $30,903WV $832

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.