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Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head

Washington, DC 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?

$1,413

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $1,995.

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 $1,413 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $1,413

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Washington, DC· 41st of 51

$1,413

AK $5,495KY $1,047

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.