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Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head

Colorado rates for HCPCS 61630

A thin catheter is threaded up through the blood vessels into the head, and a small balloon is inflated inside a narrowed artery to open it up. Widening the vessel restores blood flow to brain tissue that is being starved of it. Nothing is cut open; the catheter enters through a vessel in the groin or the wrist.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head cost?

$15,178

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,183 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,622 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,183$2,754 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $933 to $21,380Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $13,183professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 16.9 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$15,178

$1,995 physician + $13,183 facility

ME $34,221MD $2,029

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.