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Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head

Idaho 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?

$3,466

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,466 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,820 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$676 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,026Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,236
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $2,344

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
9 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 30th of 51

$3,466

$2,344 physician + $1,122 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.